Troyanovskiy Loses With Aces To Kings
Vladimir Troyanovskiy, who finished runner-up to Vanessa Selbst in last years $25,000 High Roller at the PCA for $792,180, has just been eliminated from the tournament. Troyanovskiy has never seen the river, and has never witnessed that his stack was just nearly covered by his opponent.
In a button versus big blind situation Troyanovskiy and Mitch Johnson got all of their chips in before the flop. Johnson, who was on the button, held 
and was up against Troyanovskiy's 
.
The flop came 
. By the time the dealer had the 
on the table Troyanovskiy had already left the tournament area. He never saw the 
.
The dealer started counting the chips and came to the conclusion that Johnson had slightly more chips than Troyanovskiy. The Russian player is out, the Brit is now one of the bigger stacks in the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
203,700
103,000
|
103,000 |
|
Busted |