Daniel Negreanu's run has come to an end in 12th place, following a bad river card that sent him out the door.
Action folded to Negreanu in the small blind, and he raised. Mike Gorodinsky called from the big blind, and the flop came down . Negreanu bet, and Gorodinsky made the call.
The turn was the , and Negreanu bet all in. Gorodinsky made the call with the . Negreanu was ahead with the .
The river was a dirty one, as the dealer spiked the on the end of the board to give Gorodinsky the winning hand. He won the pot to eliminate Negreanu and move to 490,000 in chips.
The action are coming fast here, as we have also lost another two more players in 11th and 10th place. Owais Ahmed filled us in on how we lost Alexander Lakhov busted in 11th. According to him, all the money got in on third when the betting was capped. Lakhov ended up making eights and fours by the end, but it was no good, as Gorodinky had aces and deuces. After that pot, Gorodinsky is back up to our chip lead with nearly 600,000.
We have just lost our fourth player in the last ten minutes, getting us to our unofficial final table. The unfortunate player who busted in 10th was Roman Verenko. Action started with George Fotiadis raising it up on the button, and it folded to Verenko, who had nearly half his stack in the middle in the big blind. Verenko looked at his cards one at a time, and shook his head each time for the first three cards. However, when he saw the fourth, he simply gave a shrug and a small grin, and stuck the rest of it in the middle.
Verenko:
Fotiadis:
The board ran down , and Fotiadis had two pair for the high, and barely edged out Verenko for the low. Fotiadis has been on a tear in this level, as he is now up to 395,000. With that elimination, we have reached our final nine players!
Here is the seat draw for the "unofficial" final table. There are just over nine minutes left before a 20-minute break, and we'll grab official chip counts from the table then.
On the second hand, Mack Lee raised from under the gun, and action folded all the way over to Kristopher Tong in the big blind. He reraised, and Lee made the call.
The dealer spread the flop, and Tong bet out. Lee raised, and Tong made the call.
The turn was the , and Tong check-called a bet from Lee before seeing the land on the river. Both players checked.
Tong showed the for two pair, eights and threes, with a live ace for the low. Lee showed the for the same live ace for a low and a losing pair of fours for the high. Tong scooped three quarters of the pot, while Lee was left getting just one quarter.
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. Negreanu bet, and Gorodinsky made the call.
, and Negreanu bet all in. Gorodinsky made the call with the 
. Negreanu was ahead with the 
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on the end of the board to give Gorodinsky the winning hand. He won the pot to eliminate Negreanu and move to 490,000 in chips.
, and Fotiadis had two pair for the high, and barely edged out Verenko for the low. Fotiadis has been on a tear in this level, as he is now up to 395,000. With that elimination, we have reached our final nine players!
, and Tong check-called a bet from Lee before seeing the 
land on the river. Both players checked.
for two pair, eights and threes, with a live ace for the low. Lee showed the 
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