The Defending Champion Is Gone
The defending champion of this event, Vitaly Lunkin, has been eliminated.
After raising preflop from under the gun, Lunkin found calls from Dong Kim on the button and Igor Kurganov in the small blind before seeing the flop come down 
. Action checked to Lunkin, he bet, and both players called.
The turn was the 
, and action was checked to Lunkin again. He fired a pot-sized bet of roughly 165,000, Kim raised all in for a little bit more, and Kurganov folded. Lunkin called with the 
, and Kim had the 
. The river was the 
, and Kim doubled up.
Left with around 35,000 after that loss, Lunkin called all in on the next hand with 
from the big blind after Kurganov shoved all in from the small blind. Kurganov held 
and it stayed the best hand to send Lunkin packing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted |