Out of the blue, two of the largest stacks left in the field got all of the money in preflop. Thomas Ross and Dmitry Gromov just played a 1.5 million chip pot with Ross holding the to Gromov's .
"Here she comes!" announced Ross as he waited for the flop to come out with the hopes of a queen there.
The dealer ran the flop out and just like Ross asked for, a queen was there. The turn was the and the river the , which meant Ross won the hand with a set of queens and the massive pot. He eliminated Gromov in 24th place and moved his stack to 2.24 million.
Joseph Kuether raised from early position (under the gun plus one) to 34,000. Farzad Bonyadi reraised all in for 162,000 from the next seat and action folded back to Kuether. He thought for a minute or two and then made the call with the . Bonyadi held the .
The flop came down and gave Kuether an open-ended straight draw. The turn was the and the river the . Bonyadi was able to hold up and doubled his stack.
Jonathan Durand raised to 50,000 from the hijack seat and then Konstantin Bucherl moved all in from the button for 124,000. When action got back to Durand, he made the call with pocket jacks -- . Bucherl tabled the for the better pair.
The board ran out and Bucherl was able to double up. He's back to 288,000 now.
Nicholas Blumenthal raised from the hijack seat to 36,000. Osmin Dardon reraised all in from the button for 146,000 and Blumenthal made the call. Blumenthal called with the and was up against the for Dardon.
The flop came down and gave Dardon the lead with a pair of sevens. The turn brought the and then the river landed with the . Blumenthal was able to come back to win the hand with the five on the river for a set and eliminate Dardon in 25th place.
From under the gun Brian Lemke opened to 40,000 only to have Cary Katz move all in fro 330,000 from the button. Lemke made the call and the cards were soon on their backs.
Lemke:
Katz:
The flop gave Katz a stranglehold on the hand, and when the and completed the board on the turn and river, Katz doubled through to 690,000 as Lemke slipped to roughly 755,000 in chips.
to Gromov's 
.
and just like Ross asked for, a queen was there. The turn was the 
and the river the 
, which meant Ross won the hand with a set of queens and the massive pot. He eliminated Gromov in 24th place and moved his stack to 2.24 million.
. Bonyadi held the 
.
and gave Kuether an open-ended straight draw. The turn was the 
and the river the 
. Bonyadi was able to hold up and doubled his stack.
and it was Ross' 
and Bucherl was able to double up. He's back to 288,000 now.
and was up against the 
for Dardon.
and then the river landed with the 
. Blumenthal was able to come back to win the hand with the five on the river for a set and eliminate Dardon in 25th place.
flop gave Katz a stranglehold on the hand, and when the 
