Oktay Altinbas limped in from the cutoff, Gregg Merkow completed from the small blind, and Kirill Gerasimov checked from the BB. The flop came , and the blinds checked to Altinbas who bet 20,000. Merkow check-raised to 60,000, Gerasimov folded, then Altinbas pushed all in for his last 120,000 or so. Merkow called, turning over A-10, but Altinbas was ahead with A-8.
The turn was the and the river the , and Altinbas doubles to 285,000. Merkow falls back under 800,000 on that one.