Triple Up for Phua
Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Paul Phua was all in for 81,000 on the button with the 
and was called by Patrik Antonius in the small blind with 
and Aymon Hata in the big blind with 
. The remaining two active players checked down the board 
and Phua tripled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
690,000 | -41,000 |
|
418,000 | -97,000 |
|
259,000 | 138,000 |
flop gave Gruissem some back door outs, but the 
turn and 
river provided no help to eliminate Gruissem in 6th place for RUB7,500,000.
was called by Patrik Antonius in the big blind, who held 
, and flopped middle pair on the 
flop. Antonius checked and called a bet worth 25,000 to see the 
flop paired up Hata, and he only had to fear two queens on the 
river sent Gruissem from chip leader to only 10 big blinds in a matter of minutes.
turn nothing changed and the 
. Paul Phua folded an ace in the big blind and Antonius used one time bank before tossing in calling chips.
and Gruissem continued for 70,000 with his two pair, which shut down all further action. Gruissem claimed the chip lead after the hand and the updated counts can be found below.
on the button and Vladimir Troyanovskiy called in the big blind with 
river, Troyanovskiy's third check in a row was met by a bet of 75,000 by Antonius with his full house. Despite giving it some consideration and using a time bank, Troyanovskiy sent his cards into the muck.