06-07-2009 10:23 UTC-12

Kostritsyn Represents Rockets, But Rolled Out The Door By Pham

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Alexander Kostritsyn Eliminated

We didn't catch the preflop betting action, but from all reports it was a pretty intense series of raises between Alexander Kostritsyn and David Pham which led to Kostritsyn moving all in and Pham considering a fold with his {K-Spades}

{K-Spades}

{K-Hearts}

.

"You have aces?" quizzed Pham of his opponent. He eventually made the call and Kostritsyn could only muster up {7-Hearts}

{7-Hearts}

{7-Spades}

.

The board fell {10-Clubs}

{10-Clubs}

{8-Spades}

{5-Clubs}

{9-Clubs}

{4-Hearts}

and Pham eliminates the Russian superstar to jump up to 190,000 and take his place near the very top of the chip count leaderboard.

Tags: Alexander Kostritsyn David Pham