Lunkin Drills Quads, Eliminates Sternheimer

Philip Sternheimer opened the action with an UTG+1 raise to 22,000. Action trickled around to Vitaly Lunkin on the button and he popped it up to 56,000. The blinds let go of their hands and Sternheimer came right back over the top with a four-bet to 132,000. Lunkin went into the tank.

Roughly 90 seconds passed before Lunkin plopped out a stack of red T25,000 chips which amounted to 656,000 total. Sternheimer then thought for quite some time before finally announcing a flat call, leaving himself with some behind. There was a bit of confusion in the moment over how much the bet was and Sternheimer ended up moving all in in the dark with Lunkin quickly calling. The hands were turned over before the flop to show Sternheimer crushing Lunkin:

Sternheimer:
Lunkin:

Lunkin made a comment regarding how Sternheimer possibly slow-rolled him there.

"Vitaly, you could have easily had aces there," said Sternheimer. "I respect your play."

Just as the conversation about a potential slow roll was getting started, Lunkin vaulted into the lead as the flop came down . Lunkin was able to drill quad queens which caused Sternheimer to sigh, stand up from the table, and put on his jacket. The turn and river brought the and the , respectively, and Sternheimer was eliminated from play. Lunkin dragged in the pot and is now sitting on about 1.655 million in chips.