Bernabeu Doubles Through Yankov
Level 24
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Samuel Bernabeu was one of the chip leaders toward the end of Day 2ab, and is still in contention with around 165 players remaining.
In this hand, he opened to 85,000 from the cutoff and Krasimir Yankov defended his big blind. The flop came 
and both players checked. Yankov bet 155,000 on the 
turn and Bernabeu called.
The river was the 
. Yankov put Bernabeu all in for his last 725,000 and, after a lengthy tank, Bernabeu called. Yankov showed 
for trip jacks, but Bernabeu had him outkicked with 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,150,000
990,000
|
990,000 |
|
||
|
1,725,000
-1,260,000
|
-1,260,000 |