Roland Israelashvili came back from break with a very short stack, but he's been on a tear so far in the 19th level of play. Israelashvili just beat Daniel Alaei and Andy Bloch in a hand which got him into a comfortable position with 13 players remaining.
Israelashvili raised pre draw and both Bloch and Alaei called. Israelashvili stood pat while both Alaei and Bloch drew two cards.
Israelashvili bet, Alaei called and Bloch folded. On the second draw Israelashvili stood pat again, and Alaei needed another card. Israelashvili bet and Alaei called.
On the final draw Israelashvili stood pat again and Alaei drew one. Israelashvili bet and Alaei folded.
From the button, Bruno Fitoussi raised. Chris Klodnicki reraised from the small blind and Fitoussi called.
Draw 1
Draw 2
Draw 3
Chris Klodnicki
Pat
Bet
Pat
Bet
Pat
Bet
Bruno Fitoussi
2
Call
1
Call
Pat
Call
At the end of all of the action, Klodnicki showed an . Fitoussi mucked and Klodnicki moved to over 3.1 million in chips. Fitoussi was knocked to under one million.
The fairly tale run of Viktor 'Isildur1' Blom has just come to an end. Just last week Blom was practicing these games, and today he cashed in his first non-Hold'em poker tournament.
Viktor Blom
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Luke Schwartz
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Blom completed it on third street and Schwartz made the call. On fourth street Blom bet and Schwartz called. Fifth street is when chips went flying as Blom bet, Schwartz raised and Blom moved all in. Schwartz called.
Schwartz had a seven-high straight as he showed , and beat Blom's aces up with .
John Hennigan completed on third and then called a raise from Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi, who has been playing every hand since coming back from the dinner break.
On fourth street, Hennigan check-called a bet from Mizrachi, but then check-folded fifth street. Mizrachi won the pot and has moved to 2.7 million in chips.
Roland Israelashvili raised from late position and David Baker defended from the big blind.
The flop came down and both players checked. The turn was the and Baker bet, Israelashvili called. The river was the and Baker bet again. Israelashvili called all in and showed . Baker had and threw his hand into the muck.
Baker has been hurting since play resumed after the break, as he's already down to 270,000 chips.
. Fitoussi mucked and Klodnicki moved to over 3.1 million in chips. Fitoussi was knocked to under one million.
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, and beat Blom's aces up with 
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- Fold
and both players checked. The turn was the 
. Baker had 
and threw his hand into the muck.
and and Chidwick bet. Mizrachi called. The turn was the 
and Chidwick checked. Mizrachi bet and Chidwick called.
and Chidwick checked. Mizrachi bet and Chidwick called.
for a backdoor flush and Chidwick mucked his hand.