Toni Hiltunen Eliminated in 8th Place (￡108,600)
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Ivan Demidov has the button in Seat 6. Stanislav Alekhin opens with a raise to 42,000 from under the gun and the action folds around to Toni Hiltunen who re-raises, making it a total of 100,000 to go. Alekhin, always methodical, thinks for a bit before putting Toni to a decision for all of his chips. Hiltunen makes the call and a showdown ensues:
Hiltunen:
Alekhin:
By the turn, the board had run out queen-high --
-- and Hiltunen was drawing dead. The river, though irrelevant, was the 
.Alekhin improved to 2,187,000 in chips after the hand. Hiltunen will take home ￡108,600 in prize money for his efforts.