Kibrit Calls Vilkki Down, Rewarded On River
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Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 0 ante
After the action was folded around to him in late position, chip leader Juha Vilkki opened for 36,000 and Rafe Kibrit made the call. The flop fell 
and Vilkki fired out a bet of 45,000, which Kibrit quickly called.
The turn card came 
and Vilkki continued with a bet of 145,000. Kibrit took his time with this decision, but eventually slid out two stacks to make the call.
River: 
Vilkki was undeterred by the scare card and slid 280,000 into the middle. Kibrit snap-called and revealed the 
for trip aces on the river. Vilkki lost over 400,000 chips on this hand and will have to rebuild after his three-barreled betting failed to move Kibrit off of his hand.
. Both players checked.
and Wolfe fired 48,000. Kibrit made the call.
to pair the board and Wolfe fired 88,000 with 192,000 behind. Kibrit asked Wolfe how much he had behind and then raised the pot to put Wolfe all in. Wolfe began to tank. He tanked for the remaining seven minutes of the last level and about six more minutes into the unscheduled break. Eventually, he began talking out loud to try and get some sort of a reaction from Kibrit, but Kibrit wasn't moving a muscle. Everyone had left the stage except for the tournament announcer, the dealer and the two players involved in the hand while Wolfe tanked and tanked. Eventually, he folded his hand and Kibrit started to breathe again.
and action checked one by one all the way to Patel. He fired 42,000 and everyone folded.
. Patel checked and Wolfe fired 50,000. Patel folded and Wolfe won the hand.
across the table and Sarwer led out for a bet of 16,000. Israelashvili called and the turn card came 
.