Max Altergott, Igor Kurganov and Christoph Vogelsang were all just a little bit too late back from break, and missed the first hand. All three of them thought the clock was wrong, but the floor said it was correct. Paul Newey backed up the floor, as he said he had set hit timer and was back right in time.
Hassan Fares raised to 55,000 from the button and big blind Viacheslav Buldygin moved in for 390,000. Fares tanked for a fair bit but eventually called. He smashed his on the table with a disappointed face as he was just shown .
"Yes!" he exclaimed after the flop, but it was too soon to celebrate. The on the turn in combination with the on the river gave Buldygin a flush and Fares was left with just 38,000.
Patrick Leonard first lost a big pot to Max Altergott where he bet 165,000 on a board of . Altergott tanked for a fair bit before announcing all in, and now Leonard needed his time. Altergott called the clock on him and Leonard eventually folded with just over 100,000 behind. We didn't see that entire hand unfortunately, and missed his bust out as well. Shame on us!
Ankush Mandavia told us Leonard had 148,000 in his last hand and shoved those chips under the gun all in. 'Byron "Hero" Kaverman made the call with ace-nine' said Mandavia with a smile. Leonard had and the flop came with a flushdraw, according to Altergott who joined in the conversation. The on the turn sealed the deal and the river couldn't change Leonard's fate anymore.
Ben Tollerene has been on the move and is up over 1.2 million in chips thanks to two recent pots. First, Tollerene doubled up through Steve O'Dwyer. Then, he busted Sergey Lebedev.
There has just been a redraw, as we got down to the final 24 players of this tournament. A total of 14 players will get paid, which means that 10 more will go home empty-handed.
Max Altergott raised under the gun, and Alexander Trevallion moved all in over the top for about 260,000 from the small blind. Altergott made the call, and Trevallion was at risk.
Altergott:
Trevallion:
The board ran out , and despite flopping top set to take the lead, Trevallion was eliminated by Altergott's rivered flush.