Filatov Wins the Race to the Million

Immediately after the bust-out of Jan-Peter Jachtmann Anatoly Filatov took the seat on the very right of Jurgen Kracht. Filatov had brought 935,000 chips to the table, and with Kracht at 950,000, it looked to be quite the race for the one million mark.

Filatov ended up winning that race quite handily, as he just raked in a massive pot against Kracht in a blind-versus-button showdown. The action was folded around to Kracht on the button and he min-raised to 20,000. Filatov cut out a raise to 65,000 and put it over the line, and Kracht made the call.

The flop was checked through before Filatov bet another 65,000 on the turn. Kracht called. The river saw Filatov fire 110,000 and Kracht instantly made the call, but his hand quickly hit the muck when Filatov showed down .

"Well, that's one way to get to a million chips. Aces," Kracht said and shot his tablemate an envious look while Filatov added another tower to his already booming castle of chips.