Park Yu Cheung - Eliminated in 15th Place ($29,300)
Athanasios Polychronopoulos raised to 40,000 from under the gun and action folded to Park Yu Cheung who shoved all in for his last 420,000. Polychronopoulos decided to call and Cheung found himself in a good spot to double up.
Cheung:
Polychronopoul:
The flop came changing nothing but then the fell on the turn giving Polychronopoul a pair of aces and leaving Cheung drawing to the last queen in the deck. The river was the and Cheong was eliminated in 15th place.
Yevgeniy Timoshenko opened for 45,000 from the cutoff and Matt Stout called from the button. The flop came and Timoshenko bet out 54,000 after a long thought. Stout called quickly and the turn came . Timoshenko checked and Stout put out 125,000. Timoshenko double checked his hole cards and tossed them into the muck.
Sven Heinecker opened for 42,000 in late position and Simon Charette called from the cutoff. Athanasios Polychronopoulos called from the button and the flop came . Heinecker checked, Charette bet 61,000, Polychronopoulos called and Heinecker folded.
The turn came and both players folded. The river was and Charette slid out 85,000. Polychronopoul gave him a good long stare and then folded his hand.
Brandon Becker raised to 45,000 from late position and was called only by Corey Burbick from the hijack. The flop came , and both players opted to check. The fell on the turn and Becker check-called a bet of 82,000 from Burbick. When the hit on the river both players decided to check again.
Becker flipped over his but then Burbick revealed his and scooped up the pot.
On Table 278 Athanasios Polychronopoulos has open-raised the last three hands in a row and everyone else folded. Polychronopoulos is using his big stack to bully the table.
Athanasios Polychronopoulos raised to 33,000 from early position and action folded to Sebastian Winkler in in the cutoff who re-raised to 85,000. Polychronopoulos called and they saw the flop come . Both players checked and the turn brought the . Polychronopoulos bet out 75,000 and Winkler raised to 175,000 which Polychronopoulos called. The river was the and Polychronopoulos bet out 150,000 leaving himself only around 350,000 behind.
Winkler went into the tank. He cut out chips that made it appear he was going to raise but sat for a number of minutes debating what to do. He eventually decided to fold and Polychronopoulos proudly flipped over the for ace high. Winkler groaned and admitted he had folded ace-king.
The large pot was shipped over to Polychronopoulos as he sat with a huge grin on his face.
Simon Charette started the action by opening for 35,000 and Athanasios Polychronopoulos popped it to 78,000 from the cutoff. Action folded to Ashton Berner in the small blind and he moved all in for just under 200,000.
Sebastian Winkler was in the big blind and gave a good long thought about his action. He took a long sip of his coffee and folded his hand. Charette folded and Polychronopoulos called Berner's all in.
Showdown
Berner:
Polychronopoulos:
The board ran and Polychronopoulos made a full house and sent Berner to the rail.
changing nothing but then the 
fell on the turn giving Polychronopoul a pair of aces and leaving Cheung drawing to the last queen in the deck. The river was the 
and Cheong was eliminated in 15th place.
and Timoshenko bet out 54,000 after a long thought. Stout called quickly and the turn came 
. Timoshenko checked and Stout put out 125,000. Timoshenko double checked his hole cards and tossed them into the muck.
. Heinecker checked, Charette bet 61,000, Polychronopoulos called and Heinecker folded.
and both players folded. The river was 
, and both players opted to check. The 
fell on the turn and Becker check-called a bet of 82,000 from Burbick. When the 
hit on the river both players decided to check again.
and scooped up the pot.
. Polychronopoulos bet out 75,000 and Winkler raised to 175,000 which Polychronopoulos called. The river was the 
and Polychronopoulos bet out 150,000 leaving himself only around 350,000 behind.
for ace high. Winkler groaned and admitted he had folded ace-king.
and Polychronopoulos made a full house and sent Berner to the rail.