Event 1: Cindy Muchnick Eliminated; Ruslan Dykshteyn Goes Big

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 18: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 162 of 3,570

Ruslan Dykshteyn

There was a slight pause after the break where there were no calls of “payout” from the dealers. But that did not last long.

Cindy Muchnick took a shot with an under the gun shove for 41,000 and she picked up three callers. She had a chance for a quad-up and the live players checked down the Jh5s5c flop. One player moved all in after the Qd turn and the rest released.

Muchnick: 9s6s
Opponent: AcQc

Muchnick was drawing dead to top set and hit the rail in 163rd place for $1,200.

While that was going on, we heard the dealer at the next table yell out “three payouts” and that got the rest of the room’s attention.

The losers were mucked but we saw former Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Big 4 champ Ruslan Dykshteyn laughing as he waited for a massive pot. His AcQc was still face up along with the As9d2c6cTs board and he took a huge chip lead with slightly more than 1,000,000 in front of his seat. Three more players hit the rail, each collecting $1,200.

Jeffrey Turton – Eliminated in 159th place ($1,200)
Robert Bryan – Eliminated in 160th place ($1,200)
William McIntyre – Eliminated in 161st place ($1,200)