Phillips Can't Beat Quads
Carter Phillips had the chip lead for a few moments there coming out of the dinner break, but he's taken a significant step backwards at the hand of Mikhail Lakhitov. Lakhitov opened for 22,000 and was called by Kevin Iacofano before Phillips, sitting with the button, re-raised to 69,000. When action came back to Lakhitov he moved all in for 284,000 total, folding Iacofano. Phillips made the call with . Lakhitov tabled pocket jacks.
Both players hit the flop, but Lakhitov hit it hardest -- made two pair for Phillips and quads for Lakhitov. Phillips was drawing dead by the turn . His stack fell back to about 375,000, while Lakhitov is up to roughly the same amount.