Rybachenko Rallies

Sergey Rybachenko may have shown up late after the restart but it appears to have done him the world of good as he has increased his stack by 457,000 chips since the restart.

Hand 76: Benajamin Reason opened to 50,000 from the button, Rybachenko three-bet all in for 528,000 from the big blind and Reason mucked his hand.

Hand 77: Reason opened to 50,000 again, this time from the cutoff. Once more, Reason was greeted with an all-in three-bet, this time from Daniel Bishop. Reason folded.

Hand 78: Yueqi Zhu received a walk in the big blind.

Hand 79: Bishop open-shoved from under the gun and won the blinds and antes.

Hand 80: Rybachenko opened to 50,000 from under the gun. Next to act was Michael Gathy who three-bet to 115,000. Rybachenko called and it was heads-up to the flop.

Rybachenko checked and Gathy checked behind. Rybachenko then led for 100,000 when the landed on the turn and Gathy let his hand go.

Hand 81: Gathy opened to 50,000 under the gun and Rybachenko called in the big blind. The flop saw Rybachenko initially check, Gathy make it 54,000 and Rybachenko check-raise all in for 699,000. Gathy removed his sunglasses before staring at his opponent for close to 45 seconds, his gaze only diverted for the briefest of moments as he checked his cards. Eventually, Gathy mucked and Rybachenko claimed another pot.