Vinokurov Crosses the 5 Million Mark
Amir Shomron raised for the third hand in a row with 
from the under the gun position. It folded around to small blind Florin Elisei who found 
and he thought about it. He called the bet and one seat over it was chip leader Anton Vinokurov who found 
. Vinokurov called and they went three-way to the flop.
The flop came down 
. Florin flopped a flush draw while Anton flopped top pair. Elisei and Vinokurov both checked to initial raiser Shomron and he continued with a bet of 270,000. Elisei folded his flush draw, but Vinokurov called.
The turn was the 
and Vinokurov checked to Shomron. Shomron checked behind and the river was the 
. Vinokurov checked to Shomron again with his three-of-a-kind aces. Shomron checked behind to see he couldn't beat Vinokurov's hand with his pair of sixes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,150,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
||
|
3,490,000
-280,000
|
-280,000 |
|
1,270,000
-260,000
|
-260,000 |