Steve Brecher raised from under the gun for 175,000, and Aleksandr Mozhnyakov was his lone caller from middle position. The flop came . Brecher led with a bet of 250,000, Mozhnyakov raised all in, and Brecher instantly called with his remaining chips.
Mozhnyakov had , but the flop had hit Brecher hard as he held . The turn was the and river , meaning Brecher ended with a winning full house.
Brecher bumps up to 3.88 million on that one, while Mozhnyakov falls to about 5.5 million.
Bryan Devonshire opened to 170,000 from middle position, and Guillaume Darcourt called from the cutoff. The flop fell , and Devonshire continued for 265,000. Darcourt called.
The turn was the , and Devonshire led again - this time for a hefty 620,000. Darcourt quickly folded, and Devonshire took down the pot.
Ryan Lenaghan raised to 175,000 to open the action from early position, and he found action from both Stephane Albertini and Hilton Laborda to go three-handed to the flop. It came , and Lenaghan continued out with 290,000. That folded Albertini, but Laborda called to see another card, heads-up now.
It was the that dropped on fourth street, and Lenaghan loaded up with another 625,000 chips and fired them into the pot. Laborda liked his hand enough to raise to 1.575 million, and Lenaghan's quick fold earned the Brazilian the pot.
Stuart Tuvey raised to 180,000 under the gun and action folded to Lars Bonding in the hijack. He thought in silence for a moment before putting in a three-bet to 420,000. The rest of the field got out of the way and Tuvey pushed all in, which Bonding snap-called.
Showdown
Bonding:
Tuvey:
Bonding was out in front with his big pocket pair and was looking to dodge an ace. The flop was safe for Bonding, but the turn added a gut-shot straight draw to Tuvey's short-list of outs. The dealer burned and slowly revealed the on the river, putting an end to Tuvey's tournament in 48th place ($160,036).
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Eoghan Odea more than doubled to over 4 million chips
Guillaume Darcourt opened to 180,000 from the hijack seat, Nicolas Fierro called in the cutoff, and Eoghan Odea moved all in for about 1.8 million on the button. Sam Barnhart released his small blind, and Ahtoh Makiievskyi asked for a count from the big. After receiving one, Makiievskyi called. Darcourt and Fierro quickly released, and the hands were opened.
Makiievskyi:
Odea:
Odea was well ahead, but the flop gave Makiievskyi eight extra outs to a flush. The turn and river bricked , though, and Odea more than doubled to 4.1 million chips.
Aleksandr Mozhnyakov raised to 175,000 from late position, then Feming Chan reraised all in for 1.445 million from the cutoff seat. It folded to Kyle Johnson in the small blind who took some time, then flat-called the big reraise. Mozhnyakov got out. Cards on their backs...
Johnson:
Chan:
The flop couldn't be worse for Chan, coming to give Johnson unbeatable quads and thus making trivia of the turn and river. Chan is out in 49th place, while Johnson moves to 8.3 million.
With about 500,000 in the pot and a board reading , Christopher Moore checked and allowed his opponent, Matt Giannetti, to bet 265,000. Moore made the call and both player proceeded to check the turn.
When the appeared on the turn, Moore took the opportunity to bet 450,000, which prompted Giannetti to fold.
Bounahra Badih opened for 230,000 from the cutoff seat, and it folded to Khoa Nguyen in the big blind who promptly reraised enough to put Badih all in. Badih gathered his remaining chips -- about 875,000 more -- and considered his situation.
"I guess I'm going to be all in with my favorite hand," he said, then with a little extra drama, added, "I'm... a-a-a-a-a-llll... i-i-i-i-inn."
Badih turned over , and Nguyen . Badih walked several feet away from the table and stood with his back turned as the dealer delivered the community cards. The flop was , and Ruben Visser called out to Badih that he was still good. The turn was the , and Visser again relayed the news.
The river was the . "Unlucky," said Visser, and the table burst into laughter. Badih ran over and saw Visser was joking, and he chuckled as well.
Badih doubles to about 2.2 million, while Nguyen now has 5.1 million.
In order to balance the tables, the featured table has had to bid farewell to Pius Heinz. His time under the spotlight is over for now, and he'll take about 4.5 million chips with him as returns his microphone and carries the racks out onto the main floor.
From the last featured table counts, you can see a big upward trend from Stephane Albertini, and it happened on the last hand before the break.
David Sands was the preflop raiser, and his 135,000-chip raise was called by Albertini, John Hewitt, and John Esposito, the latter coming along from the big blind. The four men took a flop, and Albertini bet 315,000. Hewitt called while the other two ducked out, and the dropped on the turn. Albertini checked to allow his opponent to bet 650,000 before he check-raised to 1.430 million. It worked. The fold came, and Albertini raked the pot to move his way up to the count you see.
. Brecher led with a bet of 250,000, Mozhnyakov raised all in, and Brecher instantly called with his remaining chips.
, but the flop had hit Brecher hard as he held 
and river 
, meaning Brecher ended with a winning full house.![[user101598]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
, and Devonshire continued for 265,000. Darcourt called.
, and Devonshire led again - this time for a hefty 620,000. Darcourt quickly folded, and Devonshire took down the pot.
, and Lenaghan continued out with 290,000. That folded Albertini, but Laborda called to see another card, heads-up now.
that dropped on fourth street, and Lenaghan loaded up with another 625,000 chips and fired them into the pot. Laborda liked his hand enough to raise to 1.575 million, and Lenaghan's quick fold earned the Brazilian the pot.
flop was safe for Bonding, but the 
turn added a gut-shot straight draw to Tuvey's short-list of outs. The dealer burned and slowly revealed the 
on the river, putting an end to Tuvey's tournament in 48th place ($160,036).
flop gave Makiievskyi eight extra outs to a flush. The turn and river bricked 
, 
though, and Odea more than doubled to 4.1 million chips.
to give Johnson unbeatable quads and thus making trivia of the 
turn and 
, and Nguyen 
