Joon Hee Yeah took a page from Yevgeniy Timoshenko and raised to 30,000. Action folded to Casey Kastle in the big blind. He announced, "Raise," then took about 15 seconds before pushing his whole stack of 218,000 into the middle. Yeah gave the matter some thought but decided to fold.
Yevgeniy Timoshenko just isn't slowing down! The very next hand Timoshenko raised to 30,000 and Julio Diaz made it 90,000 to go. Timoshenko then moved all in, putting Diaz to a decision for his tournament life. Diaz went into the tank, as Timoshenko was still stacking up his chips from the previous hand.
After a few minutes of thought Diaz made the call!
Diaz:
Timoshenko:
The board ran out and Timoshenko's hand held up as Diaz was sent to the rail in fifth place for $67,500.
Timoshenko is unstoppable at the moment and now sits with around 1.6 million chips!
Action folded to Yevgeniy Timoshenko on the button, who raised to 30,000 as he so often has this afternoon. Quang Nguyen and Julio Diaz both called out of the blinds.
The flop was all Broadway cards, . Nguyen and Diaz checked to Timoshenko, who bet 50,000. Nguyen was the only caller. He checked again when the turn came . Timoshenko considered his alternatives before betting 110,000. Nguyen quickly check-raised all in, prompting Timoshenko to ask for a count. Once the dealer counted down Nguyen's stack and announced it as 357,000, Timoshenko called.
Nguyen:
Timoshenko:
Timoshenko's two pair, queens and tens, were ahead of Nguyen, but any four, five, ace, or heart would make Nguyen the winner. That didn't happen; the river was the . Timoshenko collected another monster pot to move over the million-chip mark, and Nguyen collected $52,500 at the payout table.
Joon Hee Yeah was very short early on in the proceedings, but he continues to take down pots. He raised to 31,000 before the flop. Both of the blinds, Julio Diaz and Rober Karian made the call and then checked when the flop fell . Yeah tried a bet of 48,000. That was enough to take down the pot.
Rober Kerian raised it up to 30,000 from under the gun with Joon Hee Yeah making the call. Julio Diaz then moved all in from the big blind for about 350,000. Kerian folded as did Yeah and Diaz takes it down.
Yevgeniy Timoshenko has been steamrolling the table today, but he can't win them all. He and Quang Nguyen took an unraised flop of . Timoshenko bet 15,000, which Nguyen quickly called. Both players checked the turn. On the river, Timoshenko checked again, then folded when Nguyen bet 30,000.