Sarkarov Pulls Some Back
Level 19
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Elvin Sarkarov has just won a couple of pots that see him move in the direction he became accustomed to yesterday.
First, he won a pot against Maksim Bukreev after calling a 25,000 bet on the 
flop and then raising to 215,000 over a 75,000 bet on the 
turn. Bukreev didn't fancy calling, leaving Sarkarov to take it.
Next, he raised to 38,000 blind v blind against Pete Chen, who called. The flop came down 
and Sarkarov bet 28,000. After Chen called, they went on to the turn. It was the 
and both players checked. The last card out was the 
, double pairing the board and it went check-check again.
Chen turned over 
and Sarkarov opened 
. "I thought you were going to show king high", Chen joked as the chips went Sarkarov's way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,150,000 | 230,000 |
|
900,000 | |
|
799,000 | 59,000 |
and Chen check-called Yantsevich's 30,000 continuation bet. The 
came on the river, Chen checked for the last time and Yantsevich made it a round 100,000 to get to showdown. It was a quick call from Chen and Yantsevich threw his cards into the muck, giving Chen a boost to his stack.
and it was an easy call from Sarkarov who had 
runout favoured the pair and Yantsevich is on the up, whilst for the first time today, Sarkarov has relinquished the chip lead.
on show, giving a one-card straight possibility and a two-card flush combination. Sarkarov moved all in and with 278,000 behind, Yantsevich went into the tank. He used three time bank cards and looked visibly uncomfortable, shifting around in his seat while he thought it through.
for the flopped flush.