With 6,800 committed from the button and the player in the big blind all in for 27,000, Ruane tanked for a bit before he called with , trailing his opponent's .
The board came down , giving Ruane's opponent jacks full of fours to double up.
We caught up with Andrey Zaichenko and Stacy Matuson on a flop of and Andrey Zaichenko was first to act with a little over 10,000 already in the pot. He put out a bet of 7,000 and Matuson thought for a while, then eventually folded her hand.
"Good hand," Zaichenko said. Then he showed for a flopped set.
Matuson nodded her head and tapped the table. With that pot, Zaichenko moved over 200,000 chips.
Long Pham raised to 2,500 in early position and Mina Greco moved in for her last 14,100 on the button. The blinds folded and Pham called to put Greco at risk.
Pham:
Greco:
Greco's tens were behind the jacks of Pham, and he flopped a set on to take a bigger lead. The turn had Greco drawing dead, and the river changed nothing. Greco was eliminated and the pot got Pham back up to starting chips.
A player limped in from early position, another player limped in from late position, Fatima Moreira de Melo completed the small blind, and the big blind checked.
The flop was and the player in early position bet 4.000. The player in late position raised to 11.000, de Melo three-bet to 23.000, and the initial better folded. The raiser thought hard before folding two spades, with the being the highest card. De Melo didn't show and scooped up the pot.
Tarkan Karadas has been eliminated and Eddy Sabat confirmed that his ace-king for top pair on the flop was no good against the pocket sixes for bottom set to see the tournament director of the King's Casino in Rozvadov bow out.
Other notables that remain among the last 20 tables in Pavilion include the 888poker ambassadors Nicolau Villa Lobos, Sofia Lovgren, and Natalie Hof, Eric Baldwin, Joseph Liberta, and Laurence Grondin. PokerStars Championship Macau winner Elliot Smith was there until a minute ago and just got moved to the Amazon room.
Johnny Chan has been involved in many smaller pots, and is trending down a bit, but the two-time Main Event champion remains in contention.
With the board reading , a player in the small blind bet 11,500 into a pot of about 30,000. Jonathan Roy called from the button after some thought. The river was a . The small blind bet tiny this time, 6,500. Roy wasted little time before announcing he was all in.
"How much is it?" Roy's opponent asked, grabbing chips as if prepared to call.
The count was 47,200. After a couple of minutes and some time studying his opponent, the player in the small blind folded. Roy revealed for just a pair of threes, and the small blind patted the table in admiration of the daring bluff.