Josh Arieh limped into the pot for the minimum, and Todd Barlow raised all in for 43,000. George Lind called from the button, and Arieh called the remainder to go three ways to the board.
It ran out , and the two live players checked it all the way down. Barlow showed up , and it was clearly good. That's a triple up and then some for Barlow, moving him all the way up to 167,000.
Richard Ashby opened under the gun, and Jason Steinberg flatted in middle position.
The flop came , and Ashby continued out with a bet. Steinberg raised, and Ashby called the extra bet to see the turn card. It was the , and Ashby knocked the table. Steinberg bet, having less than a bet behind, and Ashby tanked for over a minute before putting him all in. Steinberg called.
Steinberg:
Ashby:
The river was the , giving Steinberg a flush, and three-quarters of the pot.
Guillaume Rivet opened with a raise, and he found calls from Mack Lee, Richard Ashby, and Jason Steinberg, the latter coming along out of position from the big blind.
The four men took a flop, and action checked to Lee. He put out the bet, and only Rivet called to see another card. The turn came the , and Rivet check-called another bet. That action repeated on the river, and the cards were turned up.
Lee showed for aces full of queens, and it was good. Rivet flashed two cards, the , and his inferior full house means his chip stack will fall to about 775,000. Lee climbs just above that with 780,000 thanks to that pot.
Our final ten players are now huddled around one table after the final redraw of the event. Here's how the field stacks up one elimination away from the official final table:
Steve Billirakis raised to 50,000, and Kirill Gerasimov called all in for his last 18,000. Nobody else wanted to tangle, and Gerasimov was fighting heads-up for the 67,000-chip pot.
Billirakis:
Gerasimov:
The flop was a good sweat for both players, and Billirakis grabbed a big lead on the turn. Gerasimov needed to pair his king or the deuce or nine to scoop the pot, but the river was a swing and a miss.
Unable to take even half, that's the end of the road for Gerasimov. He'll leave with $33,172 as a consolation prize.
Viacheslav Zhukov and Kirill Gerasimov were heads up with the board reading . Gerasimov check-called a bet from Zhukov, and the turn brought the . Again, Gerasimov check-called a bet. The river was the , Gerasimov check-called one last bet, and Zhukov opened up for an ace-high flush.
Gerasimov mucked, and is now dangerously short-stacked.
Todd Barlow raised before the flop, and George Lind three-bet him next door. Barlow called, and he check-raised all in after the flop. Lind quickly called, and Barlow was in good shape to double.
Showdown
Barlow:
Lind:
Barlow had flopped the boat, and he faded disaster on the turn and river. That's a double up, and it moves him up to 264,000 while knocking Lind back to 290,000 in the process.
When we reached the table, Guillaume Rivet, Mack Lee and Mikael Thuritz were three-handed with the board reading and over 200,000 in the middle. The action checked to Thuritz who bet, and both Rivet and Lee called.
The river was the , and again Rivet and Lee checked to Thuritz who bet. This time only Lee called, and Thuritz opened for a straight. Lee angrily mucked, and Thuritz raked in a monster pot.