Shankar Pillai Out in 28th Place ($18,600)

Harvey Vandeven raises under the gun to 65,000, and Shankar Pillai (pictured) moves all in UTG+1 for 230,000. Vladimir Dobrovolskiy calls from the cutoff, and Vandeven folds AJ face up.

Pillai shows AK, and he needs to improve to stay alive against Dobrovolskiy’s 99.

The board comes 832107, and the pocket nines hold up for Dobrovolskiy to win the pot and eliminate Pillai from the tournament.

Vladimir Dobrovolskiy  –  3,900,000  (130 bb)
Shankar Pillai  –  Eliminated in 28th Place  ($18,600)