Bring-In: 20,000
Completion: 60,000
Limits: 60,000-120,000
The players have gone on a 15-minute break.
The players have gone on a 15-minute break.
Joey Couden completed with an A♥ and Dekel Balas raised with a 6♣ up and Couden moved all in which Balas called.
Joey Couden: A♠6♠A♥K♥4♥7♠10♠
Dekel Balas: 6♦7♦6♣2♦3♣2♠K♠
Couden started the hand with split aces, but it was Balas who's hand ran him down as he made sixes and twos on sixth street, leaving the WSOP bracelet winner to exit the tournament in ninth place.
| Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christian Roberts | 2,900,000 |
| 2 | Nikolay Ponomarev | 1,475,000 |
| 3 | Dekel Balas | 3,000,000 |
| 4 | Kenneth Kemple | 2,150,000 |
| 5 | Joseph Hertzog | 1,100,000 |
| 6 | Jon Turner | 2,950,000 |
| 7 | Nikolay Fal | 1,350,000 |
| 8 | Joey Couden | 250,000 |
| 9 | Yuval Bronshtein | 200,000 |
Ryutaro Suzuki: A♥7♠/5♠9♠3♣6♠/10♥
Nikolay Ponomarev: A♣K♥/7♥6♣8♥2♠/4♦
Picking up the action on fifth street, Ryutaro Suzuki was involved in a pot with Nikolay Ponomarev. Ponomarev bet and Suzuki called all in.
Once the remaining cards had been dealt, Suzuki was left second best in both the low and high hands to send him out of the tournament on the unofficial final table bubble in 10th place.
Nikolay Fal completed with an 8♠ up and both Eli Elezra with an 8♣ and Kenneth Kemple with a 2♥ called.
Eli Elezra: XxXx/8♣10♦3♠2♠/Xx
Nikolay Fal: XxXx/8♠7♦Q♥K♥/Xx
Kenneth Kemple: XxXx/2♥4♣4♠3♣/Xx
Elezra moved all in on fourth street and both players called.
On fifth street action checked around and on sixth street, Kemple bet and Fal called.
Everyone checked on seventh street and Kemple turned over K♠7♠2♥ for fours and deuces. Fal could not beat that holding A♠8♦5♠ for just a pair of eights and Elezra sweated his final card, only to reveal 9♣9♥7♣ for just a pair of nines, not good for the pot.
Kemple raked in the pot as the five-time WSOP bracelet winner was eliminated from the tournament.
Action was picked up on fourth street in a pot between Thomas Taylor, Dekel Balas and Nikolay Fal.
Thomas Taylor: XxXx/2♥8♥5♣K♠/Xx
Dekel Balas: XxXx/A♥4♠8♦J♥/Xx
Nikolay Fal: XxXx/A♣2♠K♦ (Folded on fifth)
Everyone checked on fourth street.
On fifth street, aciton checked to Taylor who bet and only Balas called.
Balas bet on sixth and seventh street and Taylor called on both to put himself at risk on the final street.
Balas turned over 7♣7♠3♥ for a pair of sevens and an eight-seven low, which was good enough to beat the A♠7♦Q♠ of Taylor, who held an inferior eight-seven. Balas added to his growing stack while Taylor was eliminated from the tournament.
James Hoeppner: XxXx/3♥7♦9♣9♠/Xx
Dekel Balas: 2♠2♣/7♥3♠4♠6♦/3♣
Picking up the action on fourth street, James Hoeppner was involved in a hand with Dekel Balas.
Balas bet at every opportunity with Hoeppner making the call each time. On sixth street, Hoeppner got his remaining chips in the middle to put himself at risk.
After the river had been dealt, Balas announced a seven-six low with two pair, sufficient to scoop the pot and felting Hoeppner in 13th place in the process.
James Cheung: AxXx/A♥9♦2♣9♠/Xx
Nikolay Fal: A♣10♣/7♣8♣K♦9♣/Xx
Dekel Balas: 6♥4♥/7♥10♠6♣2♠/Xx
Dekel Balas completed before James Cheung raised. Nikolay Fal then three-bet with both Balas and Cheung making the call.
Cheung bet out on fourth street before moving all in after Fal raised. Balas also came along to put Cheung at risk.
Action checked through fifth street to sixth street at which point Fal bet. Balas again called.
Fal fired one more barrel on the river with Balas quickly calling with a low hand to take half the pot. The other half went to Fal holding a flush while Cheung was unable to fill up with his aces up to send him to the rail in 14th place.
Level: 27
Ante: 15,000
Bring-In: 20,000
Completion: 60,000
Limits: 60,000-120,000
Robert Stevanovski completed with a 7♥ and James Hoeppner raised with a 2♠. Stevanvoski moved all in and Hoeppner called.
Robert Stevanovski: 3♠2♥7♥Q♦K♠Q♦10♠
James Hoeppner: A♠4♠2♠8♦2♣A♣A♥
Stevanovski was drawing dead after seeing Hoeppner's seventh street card first and he exited the tournament area.