Yunis Loses Another Big Pot, Crippled
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Nick Yunis opened to 26,000 from the cutoff seat, and Leonid Bilokur three-bet to 62,000 on the button. The blinds released, and the action was back on Yunis. He thought for a bit, then four-bet to 144,000. Bilokur five-bet shoved for 557,000, and Yunis shrugged, then called.
Showdown
Yunis: 
Bilokur: 
The board ran 
, and Bilokur doubled to 1.15 million chips. Yunis sunk to just 150,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,150,000 | 570,000 |
|
150,000 | -555,000 |
, both players checked, and the river brought the 
. Duhamel led for 86,000, and Yunis tanked for quite some time before raising to 200,000. It was Duhamel's turn to sink into the tank, and he did so for a minute or so before min-raising to 335,000. Yunis begrudgingly called, and Duhamel turned over 
for an ace-high flush.
. The 
completed the board, missing Marafioti, and he was indeed eliminated from the tournament.
flop and Yunis checked. Duhamel's continuation bet was worth 24,000, but he was met with a check-raise to 72,000 from Yunis. Duhamel called.
landed on the turn and possibly completed some draws. Yunis slid out more chips, betting 140,000. Duhamel didn't take too long before folding and Yunis moved to over one million.
was dealt on the river. Fierro reached for two stacks of blue T5,000 chips, removed four of them, and slid 180,000 forward into a pot of about 140,000.
, but he was dominated against Leonid Bilokur's 
.
, and Berg was eliminated from the tournament.