Someone must be rigging these decks. For the second time in five hands, a short stack has doubled up by spiking a three-outer on the river. Action started with Eliyahu Levy, who raised it up to 125,000 under the gun. It folded around to Peter Eastgate in the big blind, and he grabbed the rest of his chips, 930,000 in total, and slid them into the middle. Levy called fairly quickly, and was in great shape.
Levy: 
Eastgate: 
The flop brought no help for either player, coming 
. Levy was still out in front, and it stayed that way with the 
on the turn. Eastgate would need a nine and a nine only, or else his dream of a second bracelet would be gone.
The river: 
Eastgate's rail went crazy while Levy's rail stook in disbelief. After the hand, Eastgate is back up to just under 2 million, while Levy drops down to 4.3 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,300,000
-950,000
|
-950,000 |
|
1,900,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
||
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and with the river ten Junek stole the hand away from Vogel. Vogel now sits with around 1,200,000 while Junek possesses almost 3,000,000.
, and both players checked. The 
hit the turn, and Vogel led out for 150,000. Borg made the call, and the river was the 
, and that was good enough to take the pot.
, and the 
. Eastgate check called a bet of 150,000, and the 
hit the turn. Both players checked, and the river was the 
on the turn saw a repeat of action with Eastgate check-calling another bet from Levy. It was the 
on the river though that saw Eastgate check and Levy bet out 500,000. Eastgate folded and Levy showed the