Anton Makievskyi opened to 450,000 from the cutoff seat, Sam Barnhart called on the button, and both blinds released. The flop came down , and both players checked. The turn was the , Makievskyi fired 600,000, and Barnhart called.
The completed the board, and Makievskyi slid out 1.1 million. Barnhart quickly folded, and Makievskyi added to his chip lead, becoming the first player with over 30 million chips.
It folded around to Sam Barnhart in the cutoff seat who raised to 560,000, then Aleksandr Mozhnyakov reraised all in for his last 1.525 million from the small blind. The big blind got out, and Barnhart made the call.
Mozhnyakov:
Barnhart:
A couple of live cards for Mozhnyakov, but none of the five community cards would hit his hand, as they came . Mozhnyakov is out in 19th, while Barnhart now has 6.245 million.
There will be a slight delay now as they redraw for the final two tables.
Action folded to Gionni Demers on the button and he simply moved all in. The small blind got out of the way, but Konstantinos Mamaliadis snap-called from the big.
Showdown
Demer:
Mamaliadis:
Demer was in trouble and needed some help, his best bet being an ace. The was not what he was looking for, and neither was the turn. In order to keep his 2011 Main Event hopes alive, Demers needed to catch an ace on the river. Unfortunately for him, the blanked and he was eliminated from the tournament in 20th place.
From under the gun, Ryan Lenaghan raised to 425,000. Martin Staszko reraised all in from the button to 4.9005. Lenaghan folded and Staszko won the pot.
Khoa Nguyen raised to 450,000 from middle position and action folded to Anton Makievskyi in the big blind. He opted for a three-bet to 1.1 million, Nguyen called, and the flop came down . Makievskyi was first and led out for 1.1 million, which Nguyen quickly raised to 2.5 million.
Makievskyi thought for a moment before sliding three stacks of lavender T100,000 chips into the pot, which constituted a raise to 6 million. Nguyen thought for about 45 seconds before caving to the pressure.
Eoghan O'Dea opened to 420,000, and Martin Staszko three-bet shoved for 4.045 million from the cutoff seat. O'Dea released, and Staszko shipped the pot.
Andrey Pateychuk raised to 400,000 and Ben Lamb called from the big blind, yet again defending. The flop came down and both players checked to see the land on the turn and put a fourth heart on board. Lamb bet 400,000 and Pateychuk called. The river paired the board with the and Lamb bet 1.2 million. Pateychuk folded and Lamb won the pot.
Anton Makievskyi raised to 450,000 under the gun and action folded to Konstantinos Mamaliadis, who made the call from the button. Kenny Shih then moved all in for about 3.655 million from the small blind, which proved enough to push both Makievskyi and Mamaliadis off their hands.