Leon Tsoukernik Pulls Ahead
Picking up the action after the turn of a board that read 
with about 100,000 in the pot, action was on Erik Seidel in the big blind, tanking for his remaining 170,000-ish after being set all in by Leon Tsoukernik on the button. After a little while mulling it over, Seidel called all in.
Tsoukernik tabled 
for trip aces and had Seidel's 
drawing dead. The river was the inconsequential 
and Tsoukernik scored the elimination.
In the following hand, Jonathan Jaffe raised to 13,000 from under the gun and Tsoukernik three-bet to 40,000 from the cutoff. Jaffe called and the flop came down 
.
Jaffe checked, Tsoukernik bet 60,000, Jaffe called, and the turn was the 
. Jaffe checked again and Tsoukernik bet effectively 620,000. After mulling it over for about 45 seconds, Jaffe folded. Tsoukernik showed 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,545,000
345,000
|
345,000 |
|
620,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
Busted | |
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