Steve Zolotow Eliminated in 16th Place ($21,582)
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Two hands in rapid succession ended Steve Zolotow's run in Event 25. In the first, he raised from early position and was called from the blinds by Tai Nguyn and Eugene Katchalov (he of the formerly-1,000-chip stack). Katchalov took the lead on a flop of 
and the 
turn, with each other player calling. When the river fell 
, Nguyen suddenly led into his two opponents. Katchalov folded and then Zolotow also folded, preserving his last 40,000 chips.
Those chips wound up into the pot pre-flop a few hands later against Yueqi Zhu. Zolotow's 
was up against Zhu's 
. Zhu got both halves on a board of 
by making aces and sevens with a king for high, and a live deuce for low. Zolotow's aces and sevens with a jack for high and live five for low, were both second-best.