"Please Respect My Raise!"

Felix Kurmayr from Austria opened the hand with a raise to 2,300 from middle position. Mike Leah right next to him made the call. Karen Sarkisyan in the cutoff squeezed to 7,000 with just about 21,000 behind. Georgy Komarov on the button cold four bet to 17,000 and both blinds got out of the way. Initial raiser Kurmayr followed suit and threw his cards into the muck instantly as well.

Leah wasn't so eager to get rif of his hand though, and after some thinking he moved all in for 65,100. Sarkisyan huffed and puffed and then some before eventually folding. Komarov threw his hands in the air out of dispair, before calling with a pained face.

Mike Leah:
Georgy Komarov:

"Yeah, that made the most sense" commentated table mate Dermot Blain while the two awaited their fate. The board was good for Komarov and he got pushed the pot.

"Please Respect My Raise!" he said to Leah while stacking his newfound chips. "I put in the last raise, you are the one that didn't respect mine!" Leah said with a wry smile. Leah had just 6,400 left after the hand as Komarov was pushed 58,700 of Leah's former stack.

Leah was all in the next hand and Komarov in the cutoff thought for some time before saying "I help you" while he pushed 6,300 forward. The button and both blinds folded and Leah showed . Komarov was indeed helping the player he won so many chips off, the Russian showed .

The on the flop was good for Leah, and all fear of an elimination was gone by the time the landed on the turn. The on the river was there just for good measures.