06-09-2008 16:20 UTC-7

Vassilios Lazarou Eliminated in 8th Place ($48,269)

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Vassilios Lazarou - 8th Place

Vassilios Lazarou committed the last of his chips in on 3rd street against both Alexander Kostritsyn and David Oppenheim. Both live players checked 4th street before Oppenheim bet on 5th street to force Kostritsyn out of the pot. The boards ran out as follows:

Lazarou: ( {K-Spades}

{K-Spades}

{3-Clubs}

)

{7-Hearts}

{8-Diamonds}

{5-Hearts}

{Q-Diamonds}

(

{10-Spades}

)
Oppenheim: ( {2-Diamonds}

{2-Diamonds}

{2-Spades}

)

{2-Hearts}

{A-Clubs}

{4-Diamonds}

{9-Diamonds}

(

{6-Hearts}

)

Oppenheim had rolled up deuces which held to send Lazarou to the rail in 8th place after a fine tournament for $48,269 in prize money.

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