There was about 20,000 in the pot and a board reading 
when Mark Gregorich bet 15,000 from the small blind. The big blind called and showed 
for a flush, but Gregorich turned over 
for a full house.
Gregorich took down the pot and increased his stack to 135,000.
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Like fairground fortune tellers, I'm always making predictions that fall short, and after 'bigging up' Yevgeniy Timoshenko in my last post, he did, of course, decimate his stack within moments of my posting.
On a three-handed flop of 
, Timoshenko bet 10,000 into a pot of 18,000, only to be raised to 40,000. After another played had folded, Timoshenko moved all in and was subsequently called by his shorter-stacked opponent for a total of 130,000.
Despite defeat lurking ominously, Timoshenko actually had the goods, his 
in dominating shape against 
and just looking to evade one of two outs. Oh, there's always the remote possibility of a cheeky backdoor flush, and that's precisely what occurred as the turn and river came 
and 
respectively to deal Timoshenko the lowest of blows.
As a result, Timoshenko's stack has now plummeted all the way back down to 86,000 after being on the verge of taking this tournament by storm. Right, off I go to place the curse on another unwitting victim...
A three-way preflop all in on Table 279!
Vitaly Lunkin: 
John Lactaoen: 
Brandon Hall: 
Lunkin had both players covered, and he was looking to hold his aces for the double knockout. He could not, however.
The board ran out 
, and that's just what John Lactaoen was looking for. Three queens are good, and Lactaoen has tripled up as the shortest of the three stacks in the hand. Lunkin won the side pot to keep himself around 145,000, and he's eliminated Brandon Hall in the process.
On the flop of 
, Johnny Chan bet 4,500 and was called in two spots. The turn brought the and Chan checked. His two opponents also checked behind him.
The river completed the board with the 
. Chan fired a bet of 7,700. The first player called and then the next player called before Chan tabled the 
for trip eights. His opponents both mucked and Chan moved to a whopping, field-leading 425,000 in chips.
We didn't see how it happened, but Erik Seidel's stack has lost about half its chips since the day began. We arrived at his table to see him raise all in for about 12,000. He got no callers and gave his stack a modest boost to about 15,000.
With around 8,000 in the pot and the board reading 
, Florian Langmann was faced with a bet of 4,000.
Sitting in the big blind, Langmann check-raised to 9,500 and his opponent made the call.
The turn landed the 
and Langmann tossed in 20,000 in 5,000-denomination chips. His opponent committed his final 21,200 and Langmann made the call.
"I have a gutshot" announced Langmann tabling his 
.
"Oh, I have nothing" he added once seeing his opponent's 
.
Not actually having nothing (a jack would give him the winning hand), the river landed the 
to see Langmann slip to around 114,000 in chips.
We arrived at Scott Baumstein's table to see him involved in a pot against the player in the small blind with a board reading 
. The small blind bet 4,600 and Baumstein raised to 12,000. When the small blind went all in for about 20,000 more, Baumstein called.
Baumstein:
Small Blind:
The all-in player picked up some outs when the fell on the turn, but missed them with the 
on the river. Baumsetein is up to about 300,000 after the elimination.
With the board showing 
, Ludovic Lachance got all of his chips in the middle versus Robert Varkonyi, creating a huge 260,000-chip pot.
Lachance held 
for the ace-high flush, while Varkonyi tabled . Varkonyi had flopped a straight, and after the turn had a straight flush draw as well.
But the river blanked, and Varkyoni slips to 170,000. Meanwhile, Lachance chips up past the quarter-million mark.
Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Matt Graham was all in preflop with against the of his opponent. The flop was kind to Graham when it came 
, giving him quads! The turn and river were the and 
. Graham is up to 117,000.
