Bratanov Beats Stratmeyer's Aces to Double

Frank Visser

Level 7 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Mario Bratanov got his stack of 164,000 in from the small blind against Christian Stratmeyer in the cutoff, who covered him by a few chips.

Mario Bratanov: A♠Q♣J♣4♠ All in
Christian Stratmeyer: A♥A♦10♦7♦

Bratanov flopped trips on 4♦3♠4♥ and Stratmeyer could not recover on the 8♥6♣ runout, leaving him with less than two big blinds.