Marius Kudzmanas Eliminated in 7th Place ($41,590)

Matt Warburton

Level 32 : Blinds 100,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

Marius Kudzmanas pushed all in from under the gun for 295,000. Nicolae Paunescu then raised to 600,000 from middle position, Guo Liang Wei called in late position, and Karen Nazarian came along in the big blind.

The flop came A?4?4? and action checked to Paunescu, who made it 1,400,000 to go. Only Wei called.

"I need help!", said Kudzmanas to his tablemate Boris Kolev.

On the 3? turn, Wei put his remaining 2,800,000 in the middle against Paunescu to make for a game changing pot. Players flipped their cards.

Marius Kudzmanas: 6?6? All in
Guo Liang Wei: A?Q? All in
Nicolae Paunescu: A?K?

Kudzmanas was in bad shape and Paunescu was ahead with his pair of aces, two pair with the fours on board with the king kicker. It looked like it was all over for Wei as well as Kudzmanas.

But then the river came the Q? and Wei jumped out of his seat as he made the best hand with his aces and queens.

Paunescu lost a huge chunk of his stack, while Wei chipped up to close to 10,000,000. Kudzmanas was eliminated from the tournament in seventh place for $41,590.