Andrei Vlasenko Eliminated in 8th Place (€31,234)

First in from the cutoff seat, Ryan Franklin made a raise to 55,000. Antonio Matias quickly made the call from the small blind, but Andrei Vlasenko took a pause in the big. After about 30 seconds of sitting like a statue, he grabbed his remaining 350,000 chips and shoved them across the line. Franklin then announced a re-raise all in himself, and that was enough to eventually fold Matias, though reluctantly. With Vlasenko at risk, the cards were on their backs.

Showdown
Vlasenko: {9-Hearts}

Franklin:

The flop was pretty dry for the at-risk player as it came out {Q-Hearts}

. The

on the turn left Vlasenko drawing to just two outs, and the {6-Hearts}

on the river is, indeed, not a nine when viewed right-side-up. Unable to improve his underdog nines, Andrei Vlasenko shook hands with his opponents and made his way out the door to a big ovation. His 8th-place showing is good for more than €30,000.

Photo courtesy of PokerStars and Neil Stoddart

Tags: Andrei Vlasenko Ryan Franklin

2009 PokerStars.com EPT Vilamoura

2009 PokerStars.com EPT Vilamoura

Andrei Vlasenko Eliminated in 8th Place (€31,234)