Katching a Royal Flush
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Level 12
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Eugene Katchalov checked to John Juanda on a flop of 
and the fellow WSOP bracelet winner tossed out a bet of 5,000 - roughly a third of the pot.
Katchalov moved all in, making it 42,600 to go and Juanda made the call.
Katchalov: 
Juanda: 
Katchalov had Juanda in rough shape and added a flush draw on the turn (
). The 
on the river not only completed the Ukrainian's flush draw, it gave him a royal flush.
Katchalov, who is going to skip most of the WSOP to film a television show in Ukraine, doubled to over 100,000 chips, while Juanda dropped down to 165,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
165,000 | -99,800 |
|
101,200 | 59,600 |
. Vanessa Selbst had him beat with 
in the big blind, but the flop came down 
to give Gregg the nut flush. Selbst picked up outs when the 
turn fell, but the 
river locked up the pot for Gregg.
, Ravi Raghavan (hijack) and David Benefield (cutoff) went back and forth before Benefield wound up all in for 111,900.
river fell to give Benefield sevens full of nines to double up.
on a flop of 
completed the board.
turn was no help and Moore became a 68.18% favorite, while Weissman's chances of survival dropped to 31.82%.
blanked on the river and Weissman's day came to an end toward the end of Level 11.
, giving Barer a set of of aces to double through Green.
turn. Ivey check-called 18,000 from Cates this time, landing the 
river. Ivey checked again and Cates fired 46,500. After about 90 seconds in the tank, Ivey called.
