John Spadavecchia put in a standard raise under the gun only to have Davide Nughes move all in for 113,000 more from the cutoff. The blinds got out of the way and Spadavecchia made the call.
Nughes:
Spadavecchia:
Nughes was way behind and couldn't catch up as the board ran out . Spadavecchia, who finished third in the 1994 World Series of Poker Main Event, pumped his fist in celebration as he chipped up to 465,000. Meanwhile, Nughes was sent to the rail.
Guillaume Gignac went all in under the gun for 304,000. He was called by Nicholas Kamen and when the rest of the table folded, Kamen showed . Gignac was in trouble with and found no help when the board ran out .
Eric Froehlich just went on a serious heater moments ago, winning three straight pots at his table.
In the first pot Eric Beren opened to 36,000 from the cutoff and Froehlich three-bet to 96,000 on the button. The blinds released and so did Beren.
In the second pot Calvin Anderson opened to 32,000 from middle position, Beren flatted in the hijack seat and Froehlich three-bet to 132,000 in the cutoff. The action folded back to Anderson and he and Beren folded.
The third hand we didn't catch until the turn where the board read . Froehlich was heads up with Galen Hall and there was about 300,000 in the middle. Both players checked. The river was the and both players checked again. Hall was forced to show his hand because he was the last aggressor, and he sheepishly tabled for a busted flush draw. Froehlich opened for a winning pair of eights, and after his rush is now up to 1.55 million chips.
Paulo Rink opened to 38,000, and Calvin Anderson three-bet him to 82,000. Rink called, and he led out with a bet of 36,000 on the flop. Anderson promptly raised to 89,000, and Rink came right back over the top with a reraise to 189,000. Anderson spent a few long minutes in the tank before surrendering just as the break hit.
Martin van Gelder has been eliminated after he four-bet shoved on the button for his last 700,000 against Dmitriy Stelmak who was in the small blind. Stelmak called with which held a slight mathematical edge over van Gelder's .
The board ran eliminating van Gelder from the tournament and bringing Stelmak's stack to 1.4 million chips.
Nikolai Yakovenko raised to 50,000 and received a call from Gregory Baksic on the button. Daniel Reijmer then moved all in from the small blind for 180,000 more, Matt Lichtie came over the top for a total of 498,000, and Yakovenko called. After Baksic got out of the way, the cards were turned up:
Yakovenko:
Reijmer:
Lichtie:
Reijmer was ahead as his supporters called for a six. The bad news was he didn't catch a six on the flop, which came , but the good news was his pair of sixes was still best. The on the turn changed nothing, but the on the river gave Lichtie a pair of kings and the best hand. Reijmer's supporters quickly lost their enthusiasm as their man was eliminated from the PCA. Lichtie managed to win the pot, worth around 1.85 million, while Yakovenko was crippled and left with just 85,000 or so.
It took two hands for him to do it, but Bryan Colin eliminated Nikolai Yakovenko in 50th place.
On the first hand, Yakovenko put in his last 62,000 from the small blind with and Colin called from the big blind with . The board ran out as Yakovenko spiked the queen on the turn to stay alive.
The next hand though, Colin had Yakovenko on the ropes once again. Yakovenko shoved from the button and Colin called from the small blind with , leading Yakovenko's . This time Yakovenko would not pull the upset as the board came down .
With the knockout, Bryan Colin is up to about 1,100,000.
Peter Valente moved all in for around 200,000 from early position and was called Dmitriy Stelmak, the player directly to his left. The rest of the players got out of the way and it was off to the races:
Stelmak:
Valente:
"That is a good flop," Valente said after seeing the fall. Indeed, he had hit a set but Stelmak could still catch a jack for a straight or running flush cards. The on the turn was neither. The dealer slowly burned and put out the on the river. Valente doubled to around 400,000 while Stelmak took a small hit down to 1.4 million.
. Spadavecchia, who finished third in the 1994 World Series of Poker Main Event, pumped his fist in celebration as he chipped up to 465,000. Meanwhile, Nughes was sent to the rail.
. Gignac was in trouble with 
and found no help when the board ran out 
. Froehlich was heads up with Galen Hall and there was about 300,000 in the middle. Both players checked. The river was the 
and both players checked again. Hall was forced to show his hand because he was the last aggressor, and he sheepishly tabled 
for a busted flush draw. Froehlich opened 
for a winning pair of eights, and after his rush is now up to 1.55 million chips.
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eliminating van Gelder from the tournament and bringing Stelmak's stack to 1.4 million chips.
on the turn changed nothing, but the 
as Yakovenko spiked the queen on the turn to stay alive.
. This time Yakovenko would not pull the upset as the board came down 
