Tregoubov Ships Into Aces
Level 21
: 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante
Oleksandr Lagoda opened to 55,000 from under the gun and was called by Ihor Yerofeiev on his left and Stoyan Obreshkov in the cutoff. Igor Tregoubov shipped all in for 462,000 in the small blind and Lagoda quickly called. Yerofeiev and Obreshkov stepped aside and the two hands were tabled.
Oleksandr Lagoda: 
Igor Tregoubov: 
Tregoubov was in danger of losing his entire stack but even Allen Kessler was thinking on the positive side. "Yikes! Well at least that's a good hand to crack aces," he pointed out.
The flop came 
to give Tregoubov a chance with a pair of queens. However, the 
on the turn and the 
on the river was no help and he was sent packing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,150,000 | 1,155,000 |
|
Busted |
and both players checked. The turn was the 
. Loosli bet 375,000 and Xi called.
and Loosli thought before moving all in. Xi snap-called.
onto the felt with great gusto and pointed at his chips. "Count it," he said.
out there. Sinclair, in the big blind, bet 190,000 and Sammartino called in middle position.
and Sinclair checked. Sammartino thought for a while before coming up with a bet of 390,000. Sinclair went deep in the tank and counted out calling chips after two minutes. He looked at Sammartino, flashed a brief smile, looked away from the table to possibly reconsider, then stuck it in after another ten seconds or so.
and Ettedgi remained in a commanding lead with his pair of jacks. The turn was the 
which meant Murata was drawing dead to the 
on the river. Murata held on for a while but eventually lost the last of his chips.
