Pagano Busts to Khoroshenin

Luca Pagano was spotted leaving the tournament area and a quick glance at the previous table revealed a big stack for Oleksii Khoroshenin. It was indeed the Ukrainian that had knocked out Pagano, and Khoroshenin explained what happened.

After an under-the-gun raise, Pagano three-bet to 2,500 and Khoroshenin called from one seat over on the button, the initial raiser also called. On the flop, Pagano bet 4,500 and Khoroshenin moved all in, the third player in the hand folded. Pagano called with the for top pair and Khoroshenin had a huge draw with . It was no spade but a king on the river that sent Pagano out.