Pankov Forces Out an Ace
Level 3
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
With around 35,000 in the middle on a flop of 7?3?A?, Vitalii Pankov bet 9,000 from the button before a player in the hijack raised to 25,000. Michel Habib folded in the cutoff, but Pankov called.
Both players checked the 5? turn and the hijack also checked the 10? river. Pankov then slid forward a tower of chips for a bet of around 70,000, enough to put his opponent all in.
His opponent tanked for nearly two minutes before flipping over the A? and tossing his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |