Shcherbakov Storms to the Top of the Counts
Level 27
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Kirill Shcherbakov knows exactly how to play pocket jacks and it sent his stack storming to the top of the leaderboard.
Yilu Yuan opened the button to 175,000 and Shcherbakov three-bet from the small blind to 700,000. After the big blind folded, Yuan shoved for around 2,000,000, and Shcherbakov quickly called.
Yilu Yuan: A♥5♥ 
Kirill Shcherbakov: J♥J♣
Yuan still had decent equity and picked up four more outs when the flop came down 10♦3♦2♣ as he improved to a wheel draw. A 2♦ on the turn kept the jacks of Shcherbakov in the lead, and Yuan was eliminated when the 10♠ dropped on the river.
Big, big pot for Shcherbakov.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,600,000
2,100,000
|
2,100,000 |
|
Busted |