We were unable to catch the action of the hand, but Eugene Castro was collecting his things, being handed a payout card and made his way to the payout desk.
Just before players redrew seats to form the final two tables, a big hand occured that saw the end of Alex Smith's day.
Smith got all his chips in preflop holding the but was behind to Sebastian Winkler's . The board of was of no help to Smith and he was eliminated in 18th place.
Players have just taken their new seats at the final two tables and we will have the table draw and updated chip counts for you shortly.
Timothy Gallegos had rough back to back hands that ultimately saw him eliminated from the tournament. He was first involved with Sven Heinecker where on the river he put 60% of his stack at risk with a river bluff. Heinecker called, catching two pair on the turn and river.
The next hand Gallegos moved all in from the cutoff and Simon Charette called from the big blind. Gallegos held and Charette held . The board ran and Gallegos was eliminated.
Tanner Millen ended up all in preflop holding the against Corey Burbick's . Millen was ahead until the board ran out giving Burbick trip aces and Millen was sent to the rail in 21st place.
20 players now remain so we're nearing our final two tables where we will redraw for seats again.
Sebastian Winkler opened for 33,000 on the button and Yevgeniy Timoshenko moved all in from the small blind. Winkler called and they were off to the showdown.
Winkler:
Timoshenko:
The board ran and Timoshenko rivered a better full house to double up.
Francois Billard opened for 32,000 from the cutoff and action folded to Peter Ippolito in the big blind. Ippolito thought for a second and moved all in. Billard called after a moment and the hands were tabled.
Billard:
Ippolito:
The board ran and Billard's two over cards didn't connect and he was sent to the rail.Franc
Vladimir Kochelaevskiy moved all in from under the gun and action folded around to Peter Ippolito, who reshoved behind him. All others folded and they were off to the showdown.
Kochelaevskiy:
Ippolito:
The board ran and Kochelaevskiy was sent to the rail.
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