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Last Year's Finalist Halatenko Among Early Casualties
Level 4
: 300/600, 600 ante
Four ways to the A♥K♦9♦ flop, the action was checked around and the Q♦ followed on the turn. Stanislav Halatenko in the small blind bet 3,000 and David Eldridge then raised to 11,000 on the button. Only Halatenko called with very few chips behind and also called all-in after the 4♦ river.
Eldridge showed the A♦Q♣10♠2♦ for the ace-high flush and Halatenko flashed a jack-high flush before heading out. One year ago, Halatenko finished in third place in this event but now bowed out early on Day 1.
Another high-profile casualty was Farid Jattin, who had nearly doubled his stack only to lose it all. Hokyiu Lee was last spotted raking in the remainder of it.