Hands #48-49: Jeffrey Yanchek Eliminated in 8th Place ($97,458)

Hand #48  –  Joe McKeehen min-raises from the hijack to 200,000, and Jeffrey Yanchek (pictured) calls from the big blind. The flop comes , Yanchek checks, McKeehen bets 150,000, and Yanchek folds. McKeehen takes the pot.

Hand #49  –  Jeffrey Yanchek moves all in from the small blind for 1,095,000, and Yevgeniy Timoshenko tanks for about two minutes before calling from the big blind with . Yanchek turns over , and he needs his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board comes — Yanchek pairs his ace on the flop, but Timoshenko turns an ace-high straight to win the pot. Yanchek is eliminated in eighth place.

Yevgeniy Timoshenko  –  6,560,000  (66 bb)
Jeffrey Yanchek  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($97,458)