Nikloay Evdakov was nicknamed The Roach a couple of years ago at the WSOP after his record ten cashes and a seeming inability to bust. Antonio Esfandiari now knows all about the Russian's survival instincts after his aces were cracked by the said Evdakov's kings in the last hand before break. All the chips went in pre-flop but the Russian made a straight on a 
board. He's up to 64,000 now and Esfandiari is down to 68,000.
A couple of minutes into the break, November Niner John Racener was tanking facing a bet of 16,950 from an opponent on the board of 
. Racener tanked about six full minutes into the break and eventually called. His opponent tabled the 
for a full house and Racener mucked. The November Niner dropped to just 6,500 and went on break not too happy.
Ludovic Lacay had pushed all-in on a 
against Roland de Wolfe as the break began. The chirpy cheeky smile of the Triple Crown winner had gone and was replaced by a pensive face that looked deep in thought.
After about five minutes into the break De Wolfe finally made a semi-reluctant call for Lacay's last 16,300. The 20,000 or so already in the pot clearly a deciding factor, De Wolfe flipped 
but the super-aggressive Lacay had a real hand this time - 
which held on the 
turn and 
river as he doubled up to over 50,000. De Wolfe dropped to 26,000.
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier got his tiny stack in good with against Ben Cherif's , and he stayed good all the way down the 
board for a double up.
He's still pretty short, though, on 24,000.
Cherif looked very unhappy about it all but had no reason to be - he's still on a comfortable 90,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
146,000
88,100
|
88,100 |
|
135,000
14,750
|
14,750 |
|
135,000
-5,450
|
-5,450 |
|
||
|
132,000
47,275
|
47,275 |
|
||
|
85,000
16,550
|
16,550 |
|
72,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
||
|
70,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
||
|
53,000
4,650
|
4,650 |
|
|
51,000
-23,250
|
-23,250 |
|
48,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
||
|
45,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
||
|
35,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
31,000
-40,500
|
-40,500 |
|
28,000
-4,475
|
-4,475 |
|
||
|
|
24,000
-8,600
|
-8,600 |
|
23,000
-87,000
|
-87,000 |
|
||
|
|
20,000 | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
190,000
11,150
|
11,150 |
|
150,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
|
||
|
111,000
28,825
|
28,825 |
|
||
|
105,000
51,925
|
51,925 |
|
90,000
-6,500
|
-6,500 |
|
|
||
|
86,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
82,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
80,000
21,375
|
21,375 |
|
77,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
73,000
18,875
|
18,875 |
|
70,000
34,575
|
34,575 |
|
|
70,000
-17,775
|
-17,775 |
|
67,000
6,650
|
6,650 |
|
61,000
-25,325
|
-25,325 |
|
|
||
|
50,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
47,000
15,600
|
15,600 |
|
47,000
15,250
|
15,250 |
|
46,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
|
||
|
45,000
3,300
|
3,300 |
|
|
||
|
45,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
|
||
|
45,000
-3,325
|
-3,325 |
|
43,000
22,250
|
22,250 |
|
|
||
|
41,000
-700
|
-700 |
|
|
||
|
|
40,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
40,000 | |
|
|
||
Fabian Quoss just pulled off an audacious bluff against Sam Stein to move up to 115,000. The river was out and the board read 
. Stein bet 13,800 (33k back) only to be set all-in by Quoss. He tanked for ages but let the hand go and as he folded the 
flipped up so we can on;y assume he folded a flush. Quoss didn't miss the chance to needle and revealed 
for just two-pair.
James Mitchell raised preflop and then called a three-bet from Hoyt Corkins to see a flop come 
. Mitchell checked and Corkins fired 7,500. Mitchell check-raised to 19,500 and Corkins went into the tank. He tanked, and tanked, and tanked. Finally, he gave it up and cut his losses. Corkins is down to 150,000 while Mitchell moved up to 190,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
143,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
||
|
140,000
-33,700
|
-33,700 |
|
|
||
|
|
125,000
-11,025
|
-11,025 |
|
100,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
95,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
95,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
90,000
16,650
|
16,650 |
|
85,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
||
|
80,000
-4,050
|
-4,050 |
|
||
|
71,500
16,700
|
16,700 |
|
|
||
|
65,000
-31,325
|
-31,325 |
|
|
||
|
55,000
16,175
|
16,175 |
|
55,000
29,350
|
29,350 |
|
|
52,000
-34,600
|
-34,600 |
|
48,000
27,850
|
27,850 |
|
43,000
4,825
|
4,825 |
|
40,000
-80,125
|
-80,125 |
|
|
||
|
34,000
11,250
|
11,250 |
|
|
||
|
30,000
-9,600
|
-9,600 |
|
||
|
30,000
-13,950
|
-13,950 |
|
24,000
-19,650
|
-19,650 |
|
|
||
|
20,600
-2,400
|
-2,400 |
|
20,000
8,925
|
8,925 |
|
|
||
|
20,000
-75,000
|
-75,000 |
|
|
||
|
12,500
-900
|
-900 |
