Stanislav Alekhin has the button in Seat 9. Action folds around to Daniel Negreanu who opens with a raise from the small blind. Bengt Sonnert then moves in from the big blind and Negreanu folds.
John Juanda has the button in Seat 5 and makes it 55,000 to go. Stanislav Alekhin makes the call from the big blind and the two go heads up to the flop: .
Alekhin passes the first option to Juanda on the flop who bets what looks like 100,000 from up here; Alekhin makes the call.
The turn brings the and Alekhin checks once more. At this point, Juanda fires again -- this time upping the ante to 200,000. Alekhin takes another look at his hole cards before eventually making the call.
Fifth street delivers the and 'The Russian' checks to Juanda, who counts out 340,000 in chips and slides them into the middle. Stanislav stuns the crowd by announcing that he's 'All in,' as members of the studio audience rise to their feet, as does Juanda who now faces a make-it or break-it decision.
Ultimately, Juanda sat back down and folded his cards, sending the massive pot to the now-uncontested chip leader, Stanislav Alekhin. Chip counts soon to follow.
Daniel Negreanu finally has a railbird! Humberto Brenes just took a seat (looks like his run at the EPT London was brief) and is cheering on the young Canadian from the front row.
Bengt Sonnert has the button in Seat 4. John Juanda raises to 65,000 from the small blind and Ivan Demidov defends his big blind with a call. The flop comes down . Juanda leads out for 85,000 and Demidov calls. The falls on the turn and both players check. The river is the . Juanda checks to Demidov, who bets 100,000. Juanda folds and Demidov takes it down.