Sam Barnhart opened to 375,000, Aleksandr Mozhnyakov called from the cutoff, and Phil Collins defended his big blind. The flop fell , and all three players checked.
The turn was the , Collins checked, and Barnhart tossed out 450,000. Mozhnyakov raised to 1.1 million, Collins quickly mucked, and Barnhart tank-folded.
Christopher Moore raised all in for 1.680 million in chips and was called by Kenny Shih. Moore held a dominated to Shih's . Moore would need some help if he were to double up and stay alive.
The board ran out and Moore was able to spike a nine and double up.
Gregory Kaplan had just been moved over to the outer table in order to provide some balance among the final three tables, but his stay was brief.
In Kaplan's final hand of the Main Event, Bryan Devonshire opened with a raise to 350,000 from early position, then Kaplan reraised all in for his last 1.7 million from the cutoff. It folded back to "Devo" who quickly made the call.
Devonshire:
Kaplan:
The flop came , pairing Devonshire and eliciting a cheer from his supportive rail. The turn was the and river the , and Kaplan is out in 24th. Devonshire now has about 6 million.
From early position, Ahtoh Makiievskyi raised to 400,000. Christopher Moore called from middle position and the flop came down . According to the action on the ESPN production monitor we have in front of us, on the flop Makiievskyi fired a continuation bet of 400,000 before Moore raised to 1.1 million. Makiievskyi came back with a reraise to 2.8 million. Moore then moved all in and Makiievskyi snapped to create the largest pot of the 2011 World Series of Poker.
Makiievskyi:
Moore:
What a massive pot at 20.370 million in chips between a flopped full house and trip jacks, but Moore would need help on the turn or river in this one.
The turn brought the and now Moore was left with just one more card, the river, to find an ace. The river landed with the and Makiievskyi went running over to his fans on the rail in celebration. He won the largest pot of the tournament at over 20 million while Moore was knocked way down to under two million.
PokerNews would like to note that on this hand, only half of the action was announced on the flop and the action given above was what we saw on the production monitor in front of us that displays every action by each player.
Andrew Hinrichsen opened from UTG+1 for 320,000, then Jerry Van Strydonck pushed all in from one seat over for 2.6 million total. It folded back around and Hinrichsen called the reraise.
Hinrichsen showed while Van Strydonck tabled . The board ran out , and Van Strydonck hits the rail in 25th place with about 40 minutes left on the clock for Day 7. Meanwhile, Hinrichsen now bounces back to about 6 million.
John Hewitt started the action, opening to 350,000. Aleksandr Mozhnyakov three-bet to 750,000 on the button, and Pius Heinz moved all in from the big blind. Hewitt and Mozhnyakov both folded, and Heinz took down the pot.
After Samuel Holden raised to 320,000 from under the gun, action folded to Christopher Moore in the cutoff seat. He three-bet to 900,000 and the blinds folded back to Holden. He also gave it up and Moore won the pot.
From middle position, Gregory Kaplan raised to 320,000. Gionni Demers reraised all in for 2.05 million from the cutoff seat. Action got back to Kaplan and he began to tank. Eventually, after a few minutes in the tank, Kaplan made the call with the . Demers held the .
The flop came down and Demers sixes were still in the lead. He also added a straight draw on the flop.
The turn was the and now Kaplan had additional outs with a flush draw. The river was the though and missed Kaplan, allowing Demers to double up. Kaplan was left with under 1.6 million and is now in the dangerous ten-big-blind territory.