Hand #42: Straight on the River Saves Yevgeniy Timoshenko with a Chop

Yevgeniy Timoshenko tanks for a while before he moves all in from the small blind for 1,930,000, and Rafael Yaraliyev quickly calls from the big blind with . Timoshenko turns over , and he needs to improve to stay alive.

The board comes — Yaraliyev turns a set of fours, but the river card puts an eight-high straight on the board to make it a chopped pot and save Timoshenko’s tournament life.

Seat 2.  Chris Leong  –  2,965,000
Seat 3.  Yevgeniy Timoshenko  –  1,995,000
Seat 4.  Rafael Yaraliyev  –  16,530,000
Seat 5.  Joe McKeehen  –  9,960,000
Seat 6.  Liam He  –  4,560,000