Sturm Doubles Through Ponakovs
Level 9
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Artur Martirosian opened to 65,000 in the hijack before Leon Sturm moved all in for his last 145,000 in the cutoff. Aleksejs Ponakovs announced a four-bet to 255,000 from the big blind.
Martirosian got out of the way, and the cards were turned up.
Leon Sturm: K♦10♥
Aleksejs Ponakovs: A♠Q♠
Sturm connected right away on the 10♦10♣5♠A♥3♦ runout, making trip tens to beat the pair of Ponakovs to stay alive.