Sanioglu Holds With Aces, Petrushevskii Busts, Kuziv Takes Blow
Level 18
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Three players were all in preflop. Sergei Petrushevskii had the shortest stack, Ekrem Sanioglu was all in for 289,000 and Ivan Kuziv was all in with both players covered. Players flipped over their cards.
Sergei Petrushevskii: K♦9♣
Ekrem Sanioglu: A♥A♦
Ivan Kuziv: A♣K♣
The board ran out 2♠6♥5♣6♠5♦. Sanioglu held with his pocket aces, making two pair on the turn with the sixes on board.
Petrushevskii was eliminated and Kuziv took a blow to his stack. Sanioglu took Petrushevskii's bounty token and chipped up to around 800,000, making him one of the tournament chip leaders.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
800,000 | 560,000 |
|
590,000 | 218,000 |
|
Busted |