The action folded to Randolph Lanosga who raised to 150,000 from the hijack before David Rounick shoved from the small blind for 570,000 total with . Lanosga called, but he was gambling with his .
Lanosga then took the lead after the dealer spread the flop of . Rounick caught a pair as well on the turn of the to give him a little more hope, but the bricked out on the river.
With David Rounick now on his way to collect his $68,209 paycheck for his seventh place finish, we're down to six just like that!
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Christopher Homan (pictured) - 9th Place ($39,756)
Arkadiy "AK" Tsinis has just gunned down Christopher Homan and Ryan Laplante simultaneously to take the chip lead with more than 2.3 million.
Homan raised to 90,000 from the UTG +1 position and the action folded around to Tsinis who shoved from the button. Leplante shoved from the big blind and Homan snap-called all-in before the cards were tabled:
Homan:
Tsinis:
Laplante:
The appeared in the window, trailed by the and to give Tsinis top set, but it also gave Laplante the outs to Broadway and Homan the flush outs. However, the repeat fell on the turn to give Tsinis queens full, leaving Homan the only player with a chance to win.
No dice - the river was the - and after the chips were cut down, Homan was confirmed as the shorter of the two stacks, thus finishing in ninth place whilst Laplante finished in eighth.
Michael Blanovsky raised to 80,000 from under the gun, then the action folded around to Perry Lin who shoved from the big blind with .
Blanovsky snap-called, tabling and managed to lead the race all the way to the finish line after the dealer spread the board of . With the hand complete, we have a new chip leader at this final table!
Even though we've rarely seen a flop since the field was reduced down to 13 players earlier this afternoon, that's not to say they haven't been providing plenty of action when they do.
From under the gun, Pim de Goede raised to 80,000 and Arkadiy Tsinis called before the action folded around to Perry Lin who also called from the big blind to go three-handed to a flop of .
Lin checked to de Goede who opened for 115,000, but Tsinis raised to 300,000 straight. Lin tanked for three minutes, cutting out the 300,000 and staring down at it in the process, then announced he was all-in. De Goede and Tsinis couldn't get out of there fast enough.
Even the Brits on the rail can't liven up the action on the felt, with the nine remaining players still going through the "raise-pre-flop-fold" routine, with David Rounick, Pim de Goede and Paul Nash all having stolen some blinds and antes.
Rounick in fact stole two sets of blinds and antes, with one of them coming from an open-shove from under the gun. The action folded around to Ryan Leplante, who went deep into the tank before open-folding . Rounick flashed a before stacking up the chips.
After losing a huge pot against Arkadiy Tsinis with pocket aces, Randolph Lanosga woke up with once again. He raised to 70,000 from the button and his nemesis reraised to 140,000. Lanosga shoved all-in for his remaining chips and Tsinis called with , trying to finish what he started just a few hands ago.
The dealer spread a flop of across the felt and Lanosga's top set took the commanding lead. He was not of the woods yet, howver, as Tsinis caught a gutshot straight draw and could catch up with if a ten arrived.
Turn:
River:
Lanosga's trip aces held up and he earned a much deserved double-up after his crushing defeat with aces just minutes before.
Arkadiy Tsinis Loves the Ladies After Doubling With Pocket Queens
After Arkadiy Tsinis raised to 60,000 from under-the-gun, Randolph Lanosga three-bet to 150,000. Undeterred, Tsinis four-bet for the rest of his stack and Lanosga snap-called with .
Tsinis was crushed with his and needed lucky ladies to arrive in a hurry.
Flop:
Tsinis' rail exploded in celebration after they saw a queen on the flop. Now it was Lanosga's turn to hope that the deck would deliver a two-outer, but no such miracles were forthcoming, as the turn and river ran out and respectively.
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.
. Rounick caught a pair as well on the turn of the 
to give him a little more hope, but the 
bricked out on the river.
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to give Tsinis top set, but it also gave Laplante the outs to Broadway and Homan the flush outs. However, the repeat 
fell on the turn to give Tsinis queens full, leaving Homan the only player with a chance to win.
. With the hand complete, we have a new chip leader at this final table!
before stacking up the chips.
once again. He raised to 70,000 from the button and his nemesis reraised to 140,000. Lanosga shoved all-in for his remaining chips and Tsinis called with 
and 
respectively.