Andrey Zaichenko opened to 12,000 and Amnon Filippi made the call from the button. Both players checked the flop before Zaichenko bet out 16,000 when the turn landed the .
Filippi called, and when the river landed the he was now faced with a 24,000-chip bet.
Filippi deliberated for a few moments before eventually folding his hand to relinquish the pot to the Russian.
John Cernuto limped the cutoff and both Michael Sanders and Mel Judah came along from the blinds to see a flop spread by the dealer.
Sanders led out for 9,000 to force a fold from Judah and a call from Cernuto as the fell on the turn. Sanders tossed in 20,000 and after a little deliberation, Cernuto tossed his cards to the muck.
Amnon Filippi opened for pot to 17,500 only to have Andrey Zaichenko move all in. Filippi made the call for roughly an additional 30,000 and the cards were tabled.
Filippi:
Zaichenko:
The board was spread to see Zaichenko win the pot with his superior kicker while Filippi was headed to the rail in 24th place.
We caught up to Andrey Zaichenko and Brian Hacker involved in an already big pot on a flop of .
Hacker had announced a pot, which at the time was 81,000 chips. Zaichenko thought about it for a bit, but eventually called.
The turn was the and Hacker announced all in, which Zaichenko called quickly, but not happily, and the two men turned up their hands.
Zaichenko:
Hacker:
Hacker had flopped the nut low, with a draw to the nut flush. He then turned a set of kings and had Zaichenko in a lot of trouble with just a low draw and no way to win the high except a six for the straight.
The river was the though and that wasn't enough for Zaichenko to catch up. He was forced to ship over the chips to Hacker who has picked up close to 300,000 here towards the end of the night.