Action moved to Yevgeniy Timoshenko in the small blind and he raised all in to put the pressure on Phil Collins. Collins called all in for his last 60,000 or so holding the . Timoshenko held the .
The board ran out and Timoshenko won the pot. Collins was eliminated and headed to the rail.
Adam Geyer, who finished 45th in this event last year, was all in and at risk against Anthony Gregg moments ago. Geyer () and Gregg () were racing, but the flop gave Gregg a commanding lead. Neither the turn (), nor the river () helped Geyer, and he was eliminated from the tournament.
Faraz Jaka came into the pot with a raise to 20,000 from the hijack, and Barry Greenstein three-bet to 60,000 in the small blind. Jaka gave it a good stew, and he eventually announced an all-in four-bet. Greenstein quickly shifted the rest of his 267,000 chips into the middle, and Jaka knew that was bad news for his hand.
Showdown
Jaka:
Greenstein:
The board ran out , and Greenstein smashes the double to move over the half-million-chip mark for the first time in 2012.
Corey Burbick opened to 16,000 from the hijack seat, PokerStars Team Pro Christian De Leon moved all in for around 165,000 from the small blind, and the action folded back to Burbick who called.
Mikhail Shikhworich opened from under the gun to 16,000 before play moved to Carlos Mortensen in middle position. Mortensen reraised all in for 145,000. In the cutoff seat, Charles Furey reraised all in himself and Shikhworich folded.
When the hands were opened, Mortensen revealed the and Furey the .
The board didn't give Mortensen any help and he was eliminated from the tournament.
Xuan Liu is the last woman standing, and she just eliminated Anton Astapov, adding to her stack. All of the chips went in the middle preflop, and the hands looked like this:
Showdown
Liu:
Astapov:
Liu was behind, but took the lead when the flop fell . Another queen - the - fell on the turn, and the completed the board. Astapov hit the rail, while Liu reached eclipsed the 400,000-chip mark.
There was about 60,000 in the pot when we walked up to the turn of a board. It was heads-up, and David Peters was leading the betting with 32,000 chips. Sergio Garcia raised all in behind him, and Peters called off his last 108,000 chips to put himself at risk.
Showdown
Peters:
Garcia:
The river was the blank , and Peters has doubled his way back up to about 285,000, essentially trading places with Garcia.
From under the gun, Eddy Sabat raised to 13,500. Artem Kachnyy called in the cutoff seat, Viacheslav Igin called from the small blind and Team PokerStars Pro Christian De Leon called from the big blind.
The flop came down and Igin checked. De Leon also checked and then Sabat bet 28,000. After Kachnyy folded, Igin called. De Leon also folded.
The turn brought the and Igin checked. Sabat bet what looked to be 55,000 and Igin mucked his hand.