Somerville Busts Gerasimov Near Bubble
From the cutoff seat, Somerville raised to 5,500. Gerasimov fought back from the small blind with a reraise to 14,500, which Somerville called. The two players saw the flop come down
. Gerasimov checked first and Somerville checked behind.The turn brought the
and Gerasimov checked once again to his counterpart in position. Somerville fired a bet of 19,500 after taking his time making a decision. Gerasimov then went into the tank. Eventually, he fired all in, making the total bet 75,500. Now it was Somerville's turn to go into the tank. When he emerged, his decision was to make the call.Showdown
Somerville:
Gerasimov:
The dealer burned one last time and then dealt the river card... the
hit the felt and Somerville breathed a big sigh of relief. Gerasimov was sent to the rail just short of the money while Somerville bumped himself way up to 270,000 chips.