Paul Runcan Eliminated by Ilan Cohen

Jun 6, 2024

Paul Runcan was short-stacked and all in preflop from the hijack with the final board showing Heart QSpade 10Club 4Heart JHeart 8, Iryna Tsikhanskaya checks from the cutoff, Ilan Cohen bets 25,000 from the button, and Tsikhanskaya tanks for a while before she calls.

Everyone turns over their cards, and here they are in descending order of chip counts:

Ilan Cohen:  Diamond ADiamond K  (ace-high straight)
Iryna Tsikhanskaya:  Spade QClub 10  (two pair, queens and tens)
Paul Runcan:  Diamond JSpade 4  (two pair, jacks and fours)

Short-stacked Runcan paired his four on the flop and his jack on the turn, but still finished third best in the hand. Cohen won the pot with his broadway straight to eliminate Runcan.

Ilan Cohen  –  175,000  (146 bb)
Iryna Tsikhanskaya  –  35,000  (29 bb)
Paul Runcan  –  Eliminated

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