The Hungry Hippo Show
Level 14
: 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Philipp Gruissem raised and called the shove of Wladimir Gerner for 500,000 with 
. Gerner had the 
and got there on the river of a board 
.
Right after, Oliver Sosna raised to 120,000 on the button and the player with the nickname Michael Ballack moved all in from the small blind. Martin Kabrhel in the big blind started his usual table chatter, stood up from his chair and said "Sometimes you have to gamble, right? All of it," Kabrhel said.
Sosna asked for a brief count and folded when it was deemed to be just over two million. "I have aces," Kabrhel added and Michael Ballack replied "okay, I have a chance then."
Michael Ballack: 
Martin Kabrhel: 
The board ran out 
and Kabrhel's hippo had more chips to protect.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
9,100,000
2,900,000
|
2,900,000 |
|
||
|
3,400,000
1,900,000
|
1,900,000 |
|
||
|
2,650,000
1,085,000
|
1,085,000 |
|
1,100,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
Busted | |