Hand #136 - Alex Kravchenko has the button in seat 2, he raises to 1.4 million, and Tuan Lam calls from the big blind. The flop comes , and both players check. The turn card is the , Lam bets 3 million, and Kravchenko calls. There is now 9.25 million in the pot.
The river card is the , and both players check. Lam shows for ace high, and Kravchenko mucks. Tuan Lam takes the pot.
There have been 76 hands of four-handed play. Through the first 60 hands, there were five eliminations. Ever since John Kalmar was knocked out on Hand #60, the bustouts have subsided. Jerry Yang lost his massive chiplead and Alex Kravchenko has made a run to jump into second place in chips.
Hand #134 - Tuan Lam has the button in seat 6, he raises to 1.5 million, Raymond Rahme moves all in from the small blind for an even 20 million, and Lam thinks for about 30 seconds before he folds. Rahme takes the pot.
Hand #133 - Jerry Yang has the button in seat 4, he raises to 2 million, and Raymond Rahme calls from the big blind. The flop comes , Rahme moves all in for 15.6 million, and Yang folds. Raymond Rahme takes the pot.
Alex Kravchenko has made an amazing run at the final table. He started the day as the short stack and on Hand #127 he jumped to second place in chips. At one point, he dragged three in a row and then two more over the last ten hands.
Raymond Rahme slipped into last place in chips after he doubled up Tuan Lam who outflopped him with A-10 against his pocket Queens.
Team South Africa
Score one for Team Canada. Tuan Lam cracked Raymond Rahme's pocket Queens and jumped into third place in chips, while Rahme slipped into fourth place. The Canadian railbirds are extra boisterous at the moment, while the South Africa railbirds are stunned and sitting in silence.