Yevgeniy Timoshenko raised to 80,000 from the hijack and was called by Sebastian Winkler from the button. The flop came and both players checked. The turn brought the and Timoshenko check-called a bet of 110,000 from Winkler. When the river brought the Timoshenko again opted to check-call a bet from Winkler, this time for 250,000.
Winkler revealed his for top two pair and Timoshenko mucked his hand.
Just stealing the blinds and antes at this point amounts to 110,000 each hand. The short stacks can gain a lot of ground by picking up a couple in an orbit.
Action folded around to Pius Heinz in the small blind who shoved all in for his last 715,000. Yevgeniy Timoshenko was in the big blind and after looking at his cards only took a few seconds before deciding to call.
Heinz:
Timoshenko:
Timoshenko's ace-high was leading meaning Heinz was going to need some help to stay alive. The board ran out and Heinz was sent to the rail.
Peter Ippolito opened from under the gun for 110,000 and Athanasios Polychronopoulos called behind him. From the button Yevgeniy Timoshenko made it 280,000 to go from the button. Ippolito and Polychronopoulos both laid their hands down.
Sebastian Winkler, one of the tightest players at the table, opened for 100,000 from under the gun. Yevgeniy Timoshenko called from the small blind and then Simon Charette shoved from the big blind.
Winkler looked Charette up and down, then folded, and Timoshenko folded as well.
Action folded to Peter Ippolito in the cutoff who raised to 110,000. Alex Queen then re-raised to 285,000 from the small blind. When action was back on Ippolito he thought for a bit before announcing he was all in. Queen snap-called putting his tournament life at risk.
Ippolito:
Queen:
Queen was well ahead and seemed poised to double up. The flop came giving Queen a pair of aces but also giving Ippolito a flush draw. The turn brought a harmless , but the on the river completed Ippolito's flush and sent Queen to the rail in sixth place.