Yevgeniy Timoshenko opened for a raise and Athanasios Polychronopoulos called. The flop came and Polychronopoulos bet 200,000. Timoshenko called and the turn came . Polychronopoulos insta-bet 500,000 and Timoshenko went into the tank. After a few minutes Timoshenko put a raise, making it 1,050,000 to go. Polychronopoulos moved all in and Timoshenko called.
Polychronopoulos tabled and Timoshenko held . They both had the same straight and the came on the river. The players chopped up the pot and moved on to the next hand.
Athanasios Polychronopoulos called on the button, Yevgeniy Timoshenko completed from the small blind and Simon Charette checked his option. The flop came , both blinds checked, and Polychronopoulos bet 100,000. Timoshenko called while Charette folded. The turn brought the and Timoshenko check-called a bet of 250,000 from Polychronopoulos.
When the hit on the river Timoshenko checked a third time and Polychronopoulos pushed out a full stack of green chips totaling 500,000. Timoshenko thought for a bit before deciding to call.
Polychronopoulos showed the for a rivered pair of queens and with a frown on his face Timoshenko mucked his hand.
Since the Athanasios Polychronopoulos double up not much has happened. There hasn't been a flop for ten minutes. WIth the players' counts so close they're tightening up and trading blinds and antes.
After that last double up by Athanasios Polychronopoulos, the players all have similarly sized stacks with only 1,200,000 between our chip leader and short stack. At this point anything could happen!
Action folded to Peter Ippolito in the small blind who declared he was all in. Athanasios Polychronopoulos snap-called from the big blind and the hands were revealed.
Ippolito:
Polychronopoulos:
Polychronopoulos was ahead and the board ran out allowing him to double up.
Only 20 minutes into the level and the players finally saw their first flop. Yevgeniy Timoshenko opened for 160,000 and Simon Charette called from the small blind.
The flop came and Charette checked. Timoshenko slid out 210,000 and Charette folded.
The four remaining players have returned from their final break of the evening. They will play down to a winner or two more levels, whichever comes first.
and Polychronopoulos bet 200,000. Timoshenko called and the turn came 
. Polychronopoulos insta-bet 500,000 and Timoshenko went into the tank. After a few minutes Timoshenko put a raise, making it 1,050,000 to go. Polychronopoulos moved all in and Timoshenko called.
and Timoshenko held 
. They both had the same straight and the 
came on the river. The players chopped up the pot and moved on to the next hand.
, both blinds checked, and Polychronopoulos bet 100,000. Timoshenko called while Charette folded. The turn brought the 
and Timoshenko check-called a bet of 250,000 from Polychronopoulos.
for a rivered pair of queens and with a frown on his face Timoshenko mucked his hand.
and Charette checked. Timoshenko slid out 210,000 and Charette folded.