The first elimination of the day came when
Dylan Smith got his stack all in on the turn with two pair aces and fours against
Jaime Cervantesâ pair of aces. However, the river paired nines to counterfeit Smith sending him out the door in 18th place for $97,274.
Valentyn Shabelnyk bowed out in 17th after getting unlucky with ace-king against ace-queen all in preflop, and from there itâd take several hours for the next elimination to occur. It happened when WSOP bracelet winner
Sandeep Pulusani jammed his short stack with ace-deuce suited only to run into the pocket sevens of
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A big pot was in progress on the turn as the board read
. From the big blind, Valentyn Shabelnyk made a hefty bet of 375,000 into an already large pot. Bruno Furth, who was in early position, called after several moments of thought.
The river came the
. First to act, Shabelnyk waited a long time, exploring the options in his mind before finally announcing all in which was for all of Furth s chips. Furth checked the tournament clocked, and called in a fairly swift manner.
Shabelnyk tabled the for a missed straight and Furth showed the winner, the
. The massive pot was pushed toward Furth to create a big shift in the table dynamics.