After an under-the-gun open to 65,000, Mikita Badziakouski made it 195,000 in the cutoff. Dan O'Brien eyed him for a bit and used a time bank before jamming for exactly that amount. Action folded back to the high-stakes crusher.
Mikita Badziakouski: 
Dan O'Brien: 
The board ran out 
, safe for an O'Brien double.
The pictures are courtesy of Neil Stoddart.
Niveau: 23
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
Dernier tricolore titulaire d'un Platinum Pass en lice sur le PokerStars Players Championship, Johan Girard s'incline finalement en 63e position pour 56,800$. De quoi offrir de jolis cadeaux à sa femme venue le supporter lors du PSPC.
Après avoir résisté depuis la pré-bulle avec une dizaine de blindes, le Français trouve 
au bouton dans un pot non ouvert. Avec 11 blindes, il envoie tout... pour s'empaler sur 
dans les blindes.
"Je n'ai pas trop eu de choix difficile de toute façon, j'étais en push or fold toute la journée. C'est incroyable (ce résultat,ndlr), il va me falloir un peu de temps pour réaliser", a indiqué le joueur après sa sortie.
Six levels are over and the field of 207 hopefuls has been cut down all the way to the last 50. The last two to bust were Andrei Kurov and Dustin Dirksen, the former sent his stack over to Talal Shakerchi.
Kurov had moved all in after the 
turn with 
only to see Shakerchi snap-call with the 
for trips tens. The 
river was a blank and Kurov was done for the day.
All remaining players are now on a 30-minute break, two levels remain for tonight.
With about 200,000 in the pot, Yan Li and Yiannis Liperis went to war with the former under the gun and the latter in late position on 
. It ended with Liperis all in for 815,000, calling a shove from Li.
Yan Li: 
Yiannis Liperis: 
The draw hit right away on the turn. The river was a 
and Li took a picture of the hand, which devastated her stack down to 65,000. In the big blind for most of it the next hand, she busted out.
Picking up the action on the turn with around 350,000 already in the middle, the board read 
. Jason Koonce led out for 225,000 from the big blind and Mustapha Kanit called from the button. The river was the and Koonce quickly shoved all in, putting Kanit to the test for his remaining 515,000 chips. The Italian thought for a minute but eventually, let his hand go.
In the very next hand, Christoph Vogelsang moved all in for 335,000 in early position and Kanit also ripped all in for 515,000 in the cutoff. Koonce looked down at his cards in the small blind and re-shoved all in as well.
Jason Koonce: 
Mustapha Kanit: 
Christoph Vogelsang:
Koonce was in line for another massive pot heading his way and the flop of 
left him well out front. The on the turn gave Vogelsang a straight draw but the on the river gave Koonce the double knockout and a massive stack of chips.
Within a matter of five minutes, more than half a dozen players were eliminated and the field was cut down at an alarming pace. Among those to bust were Patrick "IrEgption" Tardif, Bryan Piccioli, Ajay Chabra and Ryan Riess.
Tardif faced the raise to 50,000 by Adrian Echave Samu in the hijack and the shove of Damien Le Goff in the cutoff for 100,000. Tardif reshoved for 320,000 and the Spaniard snap-called.
Damien Le Goff:
Patrick Tardif: 
Adrian Echave Samu:
The board of 
ensured a triple up for Le Goff, Tardif was no more.
Andrii Grynechko then lost a flip with versus 
as the board of 
provided no help.
We didn't see exactly how things went down, but Jason Koonce was doubling through Dustin Dirksen with the cards on their backs and 
on the felt. The players had played the pot from the first two positions, Dirksen having turned a straight with 
and Koonce having hit the nuts with . Dirksen sent over a double for all but 130,000.
"That was unlucky," someone said.
"Yeah, it was, but I got lucky earlier," Dirksen said. "I mean, I didn't have to three-bet."
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