Aliaksandr Shylko opened to 4,000 in early position and Anatolii Zyrin three-bet to 15,500 on his left. The action folded back to Shylko who just called to see a flop of . Shylko checked to Zyrin who continued for 11,500 and Shylko called.
The turn brought the and both players checked to the on the river. Shylko led out with a bet of 36,000 this time and Zyrin gave it some thought before dumping his cards to the muck.
Christophe De Meulder started the action with a min-raise to 4,000 and DJ Alexander called next to him. The button player jammed for a remaining stack worth 30,500 and after some consideration, De Meulder called. Alexander reshoved and De Meulder let it go:
Button:
DJ Alexander:
Alexander was in great shape to win the pot, which he did after the board ran out , sending his opponent to the exit.
A preflop push from under the gun for 36,500 received one caller, the big blind and also first lady to ever cash in the main event, Wendeen Eolis.
Opponent:
Wendeen Eolis:
The flop came down hitting top pair for Eolis right off the bat. The turn and river offered no help to the opponent and he was sent to the rail while Eolis climbed to almost 100,000 in chips.
The under-the-gun player raised to 4,500 and then was three-bet by Chad Layne in middle position. When action came around, Fabian Schafer thought for a second before he put in a cold four-bet to 37,000.
The orignial raiser folded and action was back to Layne, who went into the tank.
"All-in," Layne announced as he pushed his chips in. Schafer responded by immediately shoving the rest of his chips into the poy and tabling the rockets . Layne grimaced as he flippe over his
The board ran out and was no help to Layne and he gave Schafer a full double up.