Michael Gathy raised, and Konstantin Puchkov defended his big blind. Puchkov changed only one, while Gathy took two on the first draw. Puchkov let his opponent continue and opted for a check-call.
Puchkov took one again, but Gathy patted on the second draw. Puchkov check-called again.
When Puchkov patted, Gathy changed his plans for the third draw and took one. Both players then checked. Puchkov opened his eighty-seven with , and Gathy mucked.
Jean-Robert Bellande raised from the button and was reraised by Tommy Hang from the small blind. Bellande called.
Both players drew two, then Hang checked over to Bellande, who bet. Hang called, then drew two more, while Bellande took one. Both players checked, then drew one. Both players checked again after the final draw. Hang showed , and that was good to take down the pot, as Bellande mucked.
Bellande just recently joined the tournament, but has already lost a significant portion of his stack, sitting with just under half of what he started with.
David "ODB" Baker opened with a raise and was three-bet by Adam Owen. Baker called, and the two went heads-up to the draw. Both players took two, then Owen bet, and Baker called.
On the second draw, both players took one. Owen then checked, and Baker bet. Owen called.
On the last draw, Owen took one, and Baker stood pat. Owen checked first, then Baker checked behind. Owen shook his head and turned over for the nuts. Baker mucked his hand, and Owen was awarded the pot.
Robert Mizrachi was down to only 6,500, and he couldn't bounce back.
His farewell came in a hand that started with Jyri Merivirta's raise. Mizrachi three-bet on the button, and James Chen woke up with a four-bet. Merivirta called, and Mizrachi moved all in for 500 more. Chen and Merivirta both called.
Chen drew one on the first draw, while Merivirta and Mizrachi discarded two each. Chen started building a side pot with a bet, and Merivirta was ready to continue fighting. He called.
All players then changed one, and Chen bet again. Merivirta called again.
No cards were changed through the third draw, as everyone patted. Chen bet out for one last time, and Merivirta finally gave up, leaving the side pot to Chen.
Chen showed his for a rough seven, and Mizrachi knew his tournament was over, flipping up .
Andrey Zaichenko raised and was three-bet by Matthew Szymaszek in the big blind. Zaichenko called.
Szymaszek stood pat, while Zaichenko took two. Szymaszek then bet, and Zaichenko called.
On the second draw, Szymaszek stood pat, while Zaichenko took one. Szymaszek bet, and Zaichenko called all in for the remainder of his stack. Szymaszek stood pat, and Zaichenko took one.
Szymaszek turned up for an eight-perfect, but Zaichenko had outs with . Unfortunately for him, his last card was a , and he was eliminated from the tournament.
"This game's so swingy, man," Mike Matusow said after the hand as he watched Zaichenko exit.
Andrey Zaichenko will need to get some wheels soon or he'll be dispatched. The Russian pro is now down to his last 10,000.
Zaichenko recently lost a three-bet pot with two additional bets on the following streets. He was shown a ten-eight and dropped to 20,500. He lost a half of his remaining chips in the next few minutes and now has only jsut over three big bets left.
. George shook his head and mucked, as he was left with just 2,400 chips.![[Removed:412]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
, and he was eliminated from the tournament. 