Zub Eliminates Huber

Preflop action saw a single-raised pot fold to Josef Huber in the small blind, who called. Mikhail Zub was in the big blind and defended to take action three ways to a flop of . Huber checked and Zub put out a bet of 75,000. The original raiser folded and Zub check-raised all in. Huber called.

Josef Huber:
Mikhail Zub:

Huber's top pair was up against an even better top pair, leaving him in need of hitting a ten to stay alive.

"Give me the ten, please," requested Huber. The dealer did not comply, bringing a turn and river to complete the runout, giving both players trips but leaving Huber's ten kicker to be second best.

Stacks were counted and Huber's was totaled to be 155,000, while Zub's count was 167,000. Huber didn't notice it at first and kindly asked for the stack to be broken down again.

"Ah, I see it," he said a quick second later. "Good game," he added, shaking hands with Zub and leaving for the payout desk with a smile on his face.