Hand #190: Elton Tsang raised to 2,200,000 from the button. Rick Salomon folded from the small blind and Anatoly Gurtovoy moved all in from the big blind.
Tsang asked for an exact count, which turned out to be 16,650,000. Tsang counted out the chips and plaques to call, then slid them forward.
Tsang:
Gurtovoy:
The flop came . Gurtovoy made top pair to take the lead, but Tsang flopped a straight draw and could retake the lead with a 6 or 7. The turn was the , and the river the . Gurtovoy won with his pair of nines and earned a double up.
Hands #191: Rick Salomon raised to 2.6 million and Elton Tsang called from the big blind. Both checked the flop and Tsang took it down with a 2.5 million bet on the turn.
Hands #192: From the small blind Elton Tsang raised to 2.5 million and Rick Salomon folded.
Hands #193: Elton Tsang raised to 2.2 million from the button but he folded to Anatoly Gurtovoy 's big blind shove.
Hands #194: Anatoly Gurtovoy raised to 2.5 million from the small blind and Elton Tsang called from the big blind. Both checked on and Gurtovoy took it down with a bet of 3 million on the turn.
Hands #195: Anatoly Gurtovoy raised to 2.5 million from the button and both blinds released.
Hands #196: Eltin Tsang took down the pot raising to 2.2 million from the button.
Hands #197: Anatoly Gurtovoy raised to 3 million from the small blind and Elton Tsang folded.
Hands #198: Elton Tsang limped in and Rick Salomon checked his big blind. The flop came and both players checked. Tsang bet 1 million on the turn and Salomon folded.
Hands #199: Elton Tsang raised to 2.2 million from the button and Anatoly Gurtovoy called from the big blind. Gurtovoy checked on and Tsang bet 2.2 million. Gurtovoy check-raised to what we believe was 5.7 million and Tsang folded.
Hand #200: Rick Salomon raised all in from the button and got no action.
Hand #201: Anatoly Gurtovoy raised to 3,000,000 from the button and both other players folded.
Hand #202: Elton Tsang got a walk.
Hand #203: Anatoly Gurtovoy raised to 2,500,000 from the small blind and Elton Tsang three-bet to 6,500,000 from the big blind. Gurtovoy folded.
Hand #204: Elton Tsang limped from the small blind and Rick Salomon checked his option in the big blind. Both players checked the flop and turn as the board ran out . On the river, Tsang bet 1,000,000 and Salomon folded.
Hand #205: Elton Tsang raised to 2,600,000 from the button and Rick Salomon moved all in from the small blind. Tsang folded.
Hand #206: From the small blind, Anatoly Gurtovoy raised to 2.5 million. Elton Tsang folded.
Hand #207: From the small blind, Elton Tsang raised to 2.6 million. Rick Salomon folded.
Hand #208: Rick Salomon shoved all in from the small blind and Anatoly Gurtovoy folded his big blind.
Hand #209: Elton Tsang received a walk in the big blind.
Hand #210: Anatoly Gurtovoy made it 2.5 million from the button and both blinds released.
Hand #211: From the button, Elton Tsang raised to 2.6 million and Anatoly Gurtovoy called from the big blind. Both checked the flop and the hit the turn. Gurtovoy check-called a bet of 3 million but check-folded to the 6 million bet on the river.
Hand #212 Rick Salomon moved all-in and picked up the blinds and antes.
Hand 213: Elton Tsang raised to 2,600,000 from the small blind and got no action.
Hand #214: It folded to Rick Salomon in the small blind and he shoved all-in. Anatoly Gurtovoy took a look at his cards but they weren't what he was looking for and he showed as he folded.
Hand #215: A walk for Elton Tsang.
Hand #216: From the button Anatoly Gurtovoy made it 2,500,000 to play and Elton Tsang wanted to know how much Gurtovoy was playing before he made his decision. It looked to be around 30,000,000 total and when he'd thought it over, Tsang called and Salomon did likewise.
A monotone flop hit the felt and a c-bet of 4,000,000 from Gurtovoy won him the pot.
Hand #228: We've seen many an all-in shove go uncalled during three-handed play but this time we, and the spectators, did get a showdown.
Elton Tsang opened to 2,600,000 on the button, Rick Salomon moved all-in for 15,600,000, Anatoly Gurtovoy called the all-in and Tsang got out of the way.
Salomon:
Gurtovoy:
Salomon was in deep trouble as Gurtovoy had a dominating hand, however, it was domination rotation on the flop as Salomon vaulted into the lead. The turn was a rollercoaster of a card though as it put Gurtovoy back in the lead. A large crowd looked on as the dealer delivered the on the river and Salomon was eliminated in third place earning €3,000,000.