High Roller: The Final Table is Set
Level 8
: 8,000/16,000, 0 ante
Level 23 - Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Players left: 8/106
After just 12 minutes of play on the unofficial final table, Anton Yakuba was left empty-handed. Philipp Zukernik won a flip with ![]()
against Yakuba's ![]()
after the board of ![]()
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gave Yakuba a set and Zukernik the nut flush.
Down to 105,000 and first to act, Yakuba then moved all in with ![]()
and Viktor Ustimov called in the hijack with ![]()
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and that sent Yakuba to the rail in 9th place for $45,600.
Play resumes at 2 p.m. local time with chip leader Leon Tsoukernik on the button and the chip counts of the eight finalists are as follows:
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Petr Bartagov | Russia | 590,000 | 11 |
| 2 | Leon Tsoukernik | Czech Republic | 2,985,000 | 59 |
| 3 | Yunus Tuguz | Russia | 560,000 | 11 |
| 4 | Diego Zeiter | Switzerland | 1,370,000 | 27 |
| 5 | David Laka | Spain | 1,810,000 | 36 |
| 6 | Andrey Razov | Russia | 380,000 | 7 |
| 7 | Viktor Ustimov | Russia | 1,700,000 | 34 |
| 8 | Philipp Zukernik | Canada | 1,210,000 | 24 |

Leon Tsoukernik Leads the Last Eight