Bolotin Rakes With Fish Hooks
Jun 29, '07
Alex Bolotin has been on an absolute tear eliminating two players in the last level with pocket Jacks.
Raj Sawant pushed all in on a steal with 10
4
, but Bolotin called him with J
J
. The flop came A
J
9
, and Bolotin flopped a set, only to have to sweat Sawant's flush draw. The case J
fell on the turn to make Bolotin quads and end the suspense. The meaningless 2
fell on the river and Sawant was eliminated in 11th place earning $34,558.
Tony G was the next to go in heart-breaking fashion. G pushed all in with A
J
, and was way ahead of Emil Patel's A
8
. G maintained his lead on the K
10
5
flop, only to lose it with the 8
on the turn. The river 2
couldn't save G, and he exited in 10th place earning $58,852
David Daneshgar was the next to go moving in with 7
7
, only run smack-dab into the A
A
of Bill Edler. the board provided no salvation for Daneshgar and he took his 9th place payout of $58,852 to go.
Emil Patel then took himself out of the running on two key hands. First Patel doubles up Dutch Boyd pitting his A-4 against Boyds pocket 10's and losing. Then Patel moved in with 9
9
, only to run into the wrecking ball that Alex Bolotin, who again had J
J
. The board ran out 10
6
2
5
6
, and Patel took home $83,145 for 8th place.
The players have now combined down to one table of seven to continue play until the seventh place player is eliminated.
Bolotin has over $3.5 million with no other player over a million; barring any major meltdown, he will be a force to be reckoned with the final table
Player Tags: Antanas Guoga, Bill Edler, David Daneshgar, Raj Sawant, Emil Patel, Dutch Boyd, Alex Bolotin
