Tsanev joins the Top Five
Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
Dimitry Urbanovich joined the competition in the last half an hour and Nikolay Tsanev is now a contender for the overall chip lead at the end of the day. He defended his big blind against a raise to 1,300 and check-called a bet of 1,300 on the 
flop. On the 
turn, Tsanev check-raised from 2,800 to 7,100 and called the raise to 16,100 by the opponent.
The 
on the river saw Tsanev check-raise all in with the superior stack and his opponent made a crying call with 
only to see the Bulgarian turn over 
for the back door straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
182,000 | 182,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
for a pot of 40,000 chips. That's also pretty much what the American tournament grinder has left right now.
and Czerwinski Pawel Kapczynski called with 
. Sanchez was way ahead with 
flop left the former chip leader only one out. After the 
turn that at least "improved" to two outs, but the 
on the river was a brick.
and started counting his exact stack for the expected double up after the 
turn.
and that gave Mustafov a straight. Kenney glanced over, saw the bad news and shipped over the stack. It was his second bullet and he cannot re-enter anymore.
