Action folded around to Nick Kost in the small blind and he put out a raise. Richard Ashby three-bet the action and Kost flung all of his chips in the middle, all in for about 55,000 total.
Kost:
Ashby:
The flop came down , giving Kost a heart flush and a huge lead in the hand. The board paired on the turn with the , giving Ashby a bit of hope to make a full house, but nothing came to fruition on the river. Kost doubled and now has about 107,000 in chips.
Calvin Anderson raised from the small blind and Justin Bonomo called from the big. On the flop, Anderson bet and Bonomo raised after Anderson put his opponent all in for just a few extra chips.
Bonomo:
Anderson:
The board ran out , and Bonomo was knocked out in 15th place.
Picking up with the action on fifth street, Calvin Anderson fired out a bet and Max Pescatori tossed out a call. Anderson led once again on sixth and found a caller in Pescatori. The two peered at their seventh street cards and Anderson pushed out one final bet. This time, however, Pescatori came over the top with a raise. Anderson thought for about 20 seconds before dropping out a call.
Pescatori rolled over for a wheel to take the high and the low. Anderson mucked his cards and Pescatori boosted his stack to around 430,000.
At the exact moment when Sergey Altbregin was knocked out we also lost French top pro Bertrand Grospellier. Randy Ohel, the current chip leader, was kind enough to explain to us what happened.
Ohel ended up scooping a big three-way pot against both Grospellier and Christopher Wallace, as the chip leader managed to make two pair, kings and queens. Grospellier mucked on seventh street and hit the rail in 16th place.
Picking up with the action on fifth street, we found John Cernuto lead with a bet. Max Pescatori thought for a moment before tossing out a call. Chen folded and the two were heads up to sixth.
Pescatori took the lead with a bet on sixth. Cernuto called and Pescatori fired again on seventh. Cernuto went deep into the tank and eventually stood from the table. He plopped calling chips forward and Pescatori replied with a shrug, tabling for a ten-seven low.
"Ten-seven?" asked Cernuto. "Nine-six! Ship it!" He threw on the felt and was pushed the pot. He now has about 350,000 heading into the final two tables.