Kovalchuk's Aggression Outmatched By Duthie
From under the gun, Faraz Jaka opened with a raise to 1,300. John Duthie reraised from late-middle position to 3,400, and then Oleksii Kovalchuk reraised to 7,500 from the cutoff seat. Play folded back to Jaka, and he also gave it up. Duthie opted to call and take a flop.
The first three community cards were 
with Duthie passing the action over to Kovalchuk with a check. Kovalchuk fired 8,200, and Duthie check-raised to 23,000 after a minute. Kovalchuk thought for a minute, then folded, and Duthie won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
84,500
20,675
|
20,675 |
|
74,000
-14,000
|
-14,000 |
|
||
flop after Dominik Nitsche fired a bet. Nitsche called, and the two saw the board pair on the turn with the 
. Monnette fired 8,000, and Nitsche made the call.
. Monnette took some time for thought, then fired all in.
for just ace high. It was apparent he thought he was going to lose the hand and be out the door, so was seemingly getting a head start. But then...
for a worse ace high.
flop.
land on the turn. After Charania checked, Ferrell bet 6,500. Kovalchuk folded, Jaka called, Messina folded, and Charania folded, which left heads-up action to the river.
completed the board and Ferrell paused before shoving all in for right around 15,000. Jaka snapped.
for the nut flush to beat Ferrell's 
and send him home in 19th place. Just two tables of nine remain now.
flop, and John Monnette bet 3,000. Roman Romanovskyi called behind, then Hellmuth folded.
with both players checked to see the 
land on the river. Monnette checked, Romanovskyi fired 10,800, and Monnette quickly gave it up.
. He was up against the 
and Nitsche doubled.
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and Romanovskyi took his time before betting 16,800 with a tall stack of chips. Immediately, Hellmuth's glasses came off. "How much is it?" he asked. "He has five-six maybe? This is so sick."
for a rivered two pair and it was blastoff time as Hellmuth shot up from his chair like a rocket.
