Duek First to Fall

David Salituro

Level 2 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Three players, including Krasimir Yankov and Michael Duek, built a pot of around 120,000 heading to a flop of A?2?K?.

Duek, in the small blind, led out for 40,000 and Yankov tanked for a moment before potting to 241,000. Another opponent on the button folded.

"Is that all in," Duek asked as Yankov only had a few chips behind. Duek stuck in his last chips and Yankov called.

Michael Duek: A?J?10?9?
Krasimir Yankov: A?K?K?4?

Yankov was ahead with his set of kings, while Duek had a draw to a Royal Flush. The board ran out 3?7? and Duek missed everything. A count of the chips showed Yankov barely had him covered and Duek, last year's Main Event third-place finisher, became the first to hit the rail here today.