A hand after losing most of his stack, Jeremy Trojand put in his last 270,000 from the small blind and Aren Bezhanyan called in the big blind.
Jeremy Trojand: Q♥Q♣9♣4♠ 
Aren Bezhanyan: A♥Q♠J♥8♦
Trojand made two pair on the 9♥5♥4♦ flop, while Bezhanyan picked up a flush draw. The turn was the 5♦, while the river K♣ was safe for Trojand to double up.
Artur Vyborov raised from the small blind to 420,000 and Jeremy Trojand defended out of the big blind.
Vyborov decided to start with a check on the 5♥3♥6♣ flop, and Trojand bet 350,000. Vyborov went for the most aggressive option and check-raised the pot to 1,650,000. Trojand continued in the form of a call.
Vyborov jammed for his last 1,840,000 on the A♠ turn, and Trojand called with a few more chips than Vyborov.
Artur Vyborov: J♠7♦6♥3♠
Jeremy Trojand: 10♣6♠5♣4♠
Both players had two pair, but it was Trojand that held a stranglehold on the hand with the superior two pair. However, Vyborov found some help on the J♣ river by improving to a higher two pair and doubling through Trojand.
Afte the chips were counted, Vyborov was up to over eight million, and Trojand was left with just a couple of big blinds.
Jeremy Trojand raised to 490,000 in the cutoff and Aren Bezhanyan called on the button with 9♥8♠8♥7♥.
The 9♣6♥5♠ flop gave Bezhanyan a straight, and he bet 625,000 after Trojand checked over to him. Trojand folded [KdQsQ0h10c].
Trojand opened to 490,000 again the next hand with A♠Q♣J♥3♥ and Artur Vyborov called in the big blind.
Trojand potted to 1,190,000 on the A♦4♣2♥ flop, and Vyborov folded K♠10♦9♣3♠.
Jeremy Trojand raised to 490,000 on the button and Laszlo Bujtas jammed for 1,290,000 from the big blind. Trojand quickly called.
Laszlo Bujtas: Q♦Q♣5♥3♠
Jeremy Trojand: A♣K♦Q♠5♦
Trojand moved ahead on the A♦7♥5♣ flop by hitting two pair.
An 8♥ arrived on the turn, leaving Bujtas needing the final queen in the deck on the river to survive.
A 10♠ peeled off on the river, which was no help to Bujtas, and he was the fifth-place finisher for $115,000.
Level: 26
Blinds: 70,000/140,000
Ante: 140,000
Quan Zhou limped in from the small blind with Q♦7♥4♣3♦ and Artur Vyborov checked back Q♥10♠8♣2♣.
The flop came 10♥3♠2♥ and Zhou led out for 130,000. Vyborov then raised to 500,000, and Zhou folded.
Laszlo Bujtas then raised to 420,000 in the cutoff, and Vyborov potted to 1,380,000 in the small blind with A♦J♠5♦3♠. Bujtas called to see the 7♥7♠7♦ flop.
Vyborov led out for 175,000, and Bujtas quickly folded K♥J♣9♣6♥.
Jeremy Trojand raised to 420,000 from the hijack with A♦Q♠7♠7♥, and Laszlo Bujtas three-bet out of the small blind to 1,380,000 holding K♥K♦J♦7♣.
Before Bujtas had even put the chips out, Quan Zhou cold four-bet the pot to 4,540,000 with A♠A♥3♥3♠. Trojand quickly folded, and Bujtas said to Zhou with a smile, "Good timing, huh," and then tossed his card away.
Quan Zhou raised to 420,000 under the gun and Thomas Eychenne, who barely had one big blind left, called for his last 180,000 in the small blind.
Thomas Eychenne: J♣8♥6♥4♣
Quan Zhou: A♠A♥5♣3♣
Eychenne needed to improve against Zhou's aces to keep his tournament hopes alive. The 10♣6♦2♦ flop gave him a pair, but the 3♦ turn and 9♥ river were no help and he was eliminated in sixth place.
Aren Bezhanyan raised to 400,000 under the gun with A♠Q♣10♣7♠, and Artur Vyborov mistakenly called from the small blind with Q♠10♥10♦5♣.
Vyborov checked the action over to Bezhanyan o nthe Q♥8♠2♦ flop. Bezhanyan fired out for 550,000, and Vyborov let it go.
Then, Vyborov limped the cutoff with A♠K♠6♣4♠ and Bezhanyan completed from the small blind holding J♦9♥6♥3♦. Thomas Eychenne checked his option in the big blind with A♥10♣8♦2♠, and the three players saw the 3♣Q♣4♥ flop.
Everyone checked and the 9♦ arrived on the turn. Bezhanyan bet 480,000, which was enough to force two folds from his opponents.
Thomas Eychenne raised to 420,000 in the cutoff and Quan Zhou called in the small blind, while Artur Vyborov defended A♣K♦9♥6♠ in the big blind.
Zhou led out for 120,000 on the A♥A♠2♣ flop and Vyborov called with trips, while Eychenne got out of the way. The turn was the 3♣ and Zhou checked to Vyborov.
Vyborov announced all in, but could only make it 875,000, leaving 105,000 behind. Zhou took only a few seconds before folding.
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