After a series of raising preflop Olge Pavlyuchuk had his opponent at risk for his tournament life for roughly 20,000 in chips and the dealer instructed both players to show their hands.
Opponent:
Olge Pavlyuchuk:
Pavlyuchuk was a huge favorite to win and the board ran out clean when it came for his pocket kings to hold and eliminate his opponent.
On a flop of , the player first to act bet 1,000 before Ethan Blauner raised to 2,600 in the head-up pot. Blauner's opponent then re-raised to 5,200 and Blauner made the call.
The fell on the turn and the action checked to Blauner who fired in a bet of 13,000. His opponent tanked for a full minute before making the call. When the hit the river the player first to act moved all-in for his remaining stack of roughly 2,900 and Blauner snap-called.
Blauner quickly tabled his for a flopped set and as his opponent tried to muck his hand, with the dealer tabling the losing for pair of jacks.
Charles Odenz started the action by raising to 1,200 in middle position and Justin Lapka three-bet next to act to 3,700. The action folded back around to Odenz who made the call.
On the flop of Odenz check-called a bet of 2,100. When the came on the turn Odenz took the lead by firing in a bet of 4,200 which forced Lapka to quickly muck.
Picking up the action on the turn with roughly 11,200 in the middle the board read and Barek Faraj checked it over to Jerry Mangum who threw in a bet of 3,500 which Faraj called. The river was the and both players quickly checked. Faraj tabled his for a pair of aces which out flopped Mangum's to take the pot.