In second position, Mikhail Yakovlev moved all in for his final 190,000. Action made its way without a competing player to Vanessa Peng in the big blind and she made the call to put Yakovlev at risk.
Yakovlev:
Peng:
The flop was and gave Peng top pair but left Yakovlev with an inside straight draw and some hope. The turn was the which gave Peng two pair but still left Yakovlev searching for a jack. It was not to be though. The river was the and Yakovlev just couldn't find any luck at today's final table. Peng, however, is using hers to stack up 1.85 million in chips.
When the level began, there were only two players at the table, but it filled in as the dealer was shuffling up for hte first hand. The last absentee was Vanessa Peng, and she hustled back to her chair just as the second card hit the button. It's a good thing she made it. She open-shoved for 760,000, and Mikhail Yakovlev re-shoved over the top for just slightly more. That got the two heads-up, and the news was initially not at all good for Peng.
Showdown
Peng:
Yakovlev:
The flop opened up a bit of a window for Peng, flopping an open-ender to snag eights outs to the double-up. She'd blank off on the turn, but the river was the life-saver. She's moved back to 1.63 million now, while Yakovlev is left with just a few lonely chips, less than 200,000. He's been running pretty miserably here in the last couple levels.
We've reached the end of the level, and the players have decided to split up their twenty-minute break into two ten-minute breaks. This is the first. We'll be right back.
Antonin Teisseire opened the pot with a raise, but we didn't hear the amount. We did hear the amount of Vanessa Peng's three-bet, 230,000 from the button. Teisseire thought it over for a long while before making the call to proceed.
The flop came , and both players checked to see the turn. Teisseire took the betting lead now, sliding out 220,000 of his own chips. Peng made the call, and the filled out the board on fifth street. Teisseire went ahead and shoved in for 805,000 total, and Peng asked for the count as she labored over the decision. She didn't seem to like it, but she made the call to put Teisseire at risk.
Mr. Teisseire let out a beastly yell to match that of his cheering section, tabling for the full house. Peng's hand was tabled, an inferior , and she's going to send a big double up across the felt. It moves Teisseire up to 2.605 million. We'll get a count on Peng in just a moment, but she's definitely the short stack now, under a million chips.
Narendra Banwari raised to 95,000 in early position, and the table folded all the way around to the big blind where Adam Geyer shoved in for 615,000. Banwari spent a long while in the tank, stacking out the call to assess the potential damage. After a few minutes, he mustered the courage to stick it in there, and he was flipping for Geyer's tournament life.
Showdown
Banwari:
Geyer:
Geyer found his pair without delay as the flop came rolling out . The turn and river kept his aces safe, and he's doubled his way up to 1.285 million, knocking Banwari all the way back to 1.25 million in the process.
Andrew Savitz can't stand to look. He is out in 8th.
Action was folded to Andrew Savitz in the cutoff. He raised to 105,000 and the next to players folded to Vanessa Peng in the big blind. She announced that she was all in and after some thought Savitz made the call.
Peng:
Savitz:
Savitz took his traditional all in pose of digging his head into his arms on the table and not watching the cards come out. He didn't see the flop, but we did and it was the . The turn kept Savitz in the lead. However, he was unable to hold her off for good when the river came the .
The dealer counted out each players stack. First it was Peng and she had 1,010,000. Then it was Savitz's turn and as you can tell by the title of the post, he just barely missed the million mark and slowly walked off the stage.
Mikhail Yakovlev opened with a cutoff raise to 95,000, and Eric Froehlich called from the small blind. Heads up, they took a flop, and Froehlich patted the table. Yakovlev took his cue to bet 150,000, but Froehlich check-raised to 350,000. The call came relatively quickly, and the dropped on fourth street. Froehlich went ahead and shoved in, effectively for the ~1 million chips that Yakovlev had in front of him. After a long soak in the tank, Yakovlev laid it down, and Froehlich's rail exploded with celebration.
We'll have to wait until he stacks up, but he should be just over 3 million chips now.
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and gave Peng top pair but left Yakovlev with an inside straight draw and some hope. The turn was the 
which gave Peng two pair but still left Yakovlev searching for a jack. It was not to be though. The river was the 
and Yakovlev just couldn't find any luck at today's final table. Peng, however, is using hers to stack up 1.85 million in chips.
flop opened up a bit of a window for Peng, flopping an open-ender to snag eights outs to the double-up. She'd blank off on the 
turn, but the river 
was the life-saver. She's moved back to 1.63 million now, while Yakovlev is left with just a few lonely chips, less than 200,000. He's been running pretty miserably here in the last couple levels.
, and both players checked to see the 
for the full house. Peng's hand was tabled, an inferior 
, and she's going to send a big double up across the felt. It moves Teisseire up to 2.605 million. We'll get a count on Peng in just a moment, but she's definitely the short stack now, under a million chips.
. The turn 
kept his aces safe, and he's doubled his way up to 1.285 million, knocking Banwari all the way back to 1.25 million in the process.
. The turn 
kept Savitz in the lead. However, he was unable to hold her off for good when the river came the 
.
flop, and Froehlich patted the table. Yakovlev took his cue to bet 150,000, but Froehlich check-raised to 350,000. The call came relatively quickly, and the