Meyburg's Jacks Survive

Just as the secondary table heard the news that Alexey Maslov had been eliminated in 10th place, players began folding around the table until the action reached Michael Meyburg. "Is the tournament now nine?" he asked the tournament director, who nodded in the affirmative. "I'm all in," he said, pushing a total of 157,000 forward.

Everyone was moving to leave in order to make the move to the feature table, where the last nine players were due to be reassembled following a redraw. It folded to Vitaly Tolokonnikov in the big blind, who surprised everyone by saying he was calling.

The EPT camera crew set up to shoot the showdown, and Tolonnikov informed Meyburg he held ace-eight. "No good," said Meyburg. "No?" said Tolonnikov. "What... do you think I go all in with seven-deuce?" said Meyburg. Finally, the pair tabled their cards:

Tolonnikov {A-Spades}