Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Tom Alner opened to 17,000 from early position, Tyler Cornell three-bet to 42,000 from middle position, then Erkut Yilmaz four-bet to 112,000 from the hijack seat. Everyone folded back to Alner, then he folded and Cornell followed suit, giving Yilmaz the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
700,000
270,000
|
270,000 |
|
615,000
138,000
|
138,000 |
|
535,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
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and Alexander said "I'm gonna need to make two pair" as he turned over his 
. The flop came 
. "Or a straight," added Alexander, then the 
appeared on the turn to increase the possibility of that happening. But the river was the 
, and Petit won and survived.
, and the window card was the 
.
, giving Geshkenbein a set of queens, and the 
. Savinelli was still alive when the 
bricked off on the river.
, and he was behind Lehmann's 
. Lehmann's kings held up, and Caiaffa was eliminated from the tournament.
hit the board though, and Pollock, who claimed a bracelet earlier this summer in a PLO event, has announced himself as a contender with well over a million in chips.
and Ha led out with a bet of 13,000. Timoshenko called.
and here's where things got crazy. Ha led again with a bet of 23,000. Timoshenko took his time to cut out a raise to 65,000. Action was back on Ha and he put in a reraise to 130,000. Timoshenko thought for about a minute and a half before putting in the chips for a call.
for king high, but Timoshenko had made the right call with 
for a pair of tens with the pair of fives on the board. With that, the giant pot was pushed to Timoshenko and he moved over to 900,000 in chips.
on the turn with Williams tossing in a single 25,000-denomination chip. The small blind folded but Crisostomo called as the 
completed the board on the river.
for an expected bluff and raked in the pot.
