Antonius Takes a Chunk Out of Ponakovs

The pot stood at approximately 140,000 with two players looking at a full board of Q♥K♥2♣5♠9♥.

Patrik Antonius, who was under the gun, bet out a small wager of 25,000. Aleksejs Ponakovs, in the cutoff, responded with a sizeable raise to 280,000, which made up the vast majority of Antonius' stack.

Antonius burned through several time bank chips before making the call for most of his stack. Ponakovs tabled 8♥8♦, while Antonius took down this pot with K♦Q♣ for two pair.