Alexey Rybin Eliminated in 13th Place ($41,472)
Alexey Rybin began the day as the chip leader with 32 players left. But after both Daniel Alaei and then Jared Bleznick roared past him into the chip lead, the Russian saw his stack gradually decline until the last hand of Level 22 saw him all in and at risk.
The hand started with a hijack raise by Alaei to 50,000, then Rybin made it 180,000 to go from the cutoff seat. It folded back around to Alaei who thought for about 15 seconds then called, and the pair together watched the flop come .
At that Alaei set out a stack of chips to bet, Rybin pushed, and Alaei called quickly.
Rybin had for pair of aces and a gutshot draw, while Alaei had for jacks and various backdoor possibilities. The turn was the and river the , giving Alaei two pair and the best hand and ending Rybin's day in 13th place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Alexey Rybin | Busted |