I reached one table to see Jeff Kimber shaking his head. He was just passing a bunch of chips over to Nikolay Evdakov after his
was cracked by Evdakov's
on the
board. That left Kimber on 24,700.Then I turned to see Jacques Zaicik getting up from his seat after his
was crushed by Goran Gratte's
on a board containing and ace and a king.I then turn to find the Russian, Nikolay Evdakov, in the mix again reraising a Antony Lellouche's raise all in. Lellouche made the call with
and was racing Evdakov's
. The board came nine-high, enabling Lellouche's stack to grow to 37,000. Evdakov's on 13,000 after the double-up-double-down. And breathe....
board, Rybachenko checked to Dirksen who bet 7,000. A pause from Rybachenko, then a call.
.
, but found Erica Schoenberg a happy and willing customer with
and the best hand held up and the Portuguese player leaves the feature table.
- "Hey!" says Elezra.
- Elezra says nothing, but stays in the game.
to double the Russian up to 16,000 and keep his hopes of yet another WSOP cash alive.
board. The player in the small blind checked to Willie Tann, who bet 6,700, which was about half his stack. The pot had well over 10,000 in there and after the call was made, Tann turned over