The Battle of the Big Stacks
Anton Morgenstern and Tobias Peters played a huge 1.3 million pot where Morgenstern lost a big part of his stack while Peters is now over a million chips.
It was a three-way three-bet pot with almost 400,000 in the middle, and Morgenstern bet 150,000 from the small blind. Ilyaz Dosikov was the third player in the hand and he folded, while Peters called.
The 
came on the turn and Morgenstern bet again 150,000, causing the same result with Peters calling.
The 
completed the board on the river and this time Morgenstern checked, while Peters announced all in for 235,000. Morgenstern called after a couple of minutes in the tank and Peters showed 
with a full house. Morgenstern had to open his hand too and he had 
which wasn't enough and Peters doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,200,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
||
|
600,000
-500,000
|
-500,000 |
and made his way to the cashier.
and a 
, improving his hand into a better two pair.
and Dudley shoved around 100,000 and Morgenstern called with just 40,000 more than his opponent.
and Morgenstern eliminated from the event in 19th place.
, which was good enough to make Mrakes muck his cards.
