Sturz into the Chip Lead
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Markus Sturz raised on the button and Mikhail Vilkov defended his big blind.
The flop came 
and Vilkov bet 10,000. Sturz called. Vilkov bet again on the 
turn and Katerninka called. The river was the 
and Vilkov bet for a third time. Sturz pushed all in and Vilkov called.
Mikhail Vilkov: 
- trip nines
Markus Sturz: 
- full house, aces full of nines.
Vilkov was eliminated, not before he stood up with his hands on his head in utter amazement, and Vilkov moves up to well over 200,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000 | 250,000 |
|
Busted |
, Oghabian called the 8,000 bet of his opponent.
, now the big blind continued with a bet of 10,000 without any hesitation. Oghabian counted his own stack, mumbled a bit and counted out what looked like a raise. And then he counted out what he still had left, in the end, he opted to fold.
and all three players checked. The turn was the 
. Peckovic bet 3,000 and Staszko was the only caller.
for a busted flush draw, while Peckovic held 
to send him to the rail. He soon re-entered and is now sat with a fresh stack of 30,000 with just under two levels left.
. Koran checked and the pre-flop raiser bet 4,900. Ibrahim and Koran both called. The turn was the 
and the three players all checked. The river was the 
and there was already around 27,000 in the middle. "Marito7" checked from mid-position and Benjamin Test bet 20,000 from the cutoff. Marito7 thought about it for a minute or so and then called. Test tabled 
for top pair.
and Elena Litvinyuk had checked from the hijack. The pot already contained about 20,000 in it and Cedric Adam decided to bet 9,500. Litvinyuk thought about it for a while and then decided to raise to 21,000. This put Adam in a bind and he tanked. He glanced at Litvinyuk and her stack for about two to three minutes and ended up calling. Litvinyuk showed 
for a pair of tens but she was beaten by the 
of Adam as he had hit top pair on the flop.
