Bubble Bursts With Two Knockouts - Fuat Erturk and Valeri Topuzov To Split Minimum Cash

Photo: Valeri Topuzov and Fuat Erturk

The bubble has burst here in Day 1C, with two knockouts on separate tables. The individual players can at least console themselves with splitting a minimum cash, each taking home $970.

In the first hand, Valeri Topuzov moves all in from early position for around 150,000, and is called by Elena Litviniuk in the big blind.

Valeri Topuzov:
Elena Litviniuk:

In a brutal cooler on the bubble, Topuzov runs his kings into his opponent’s aces, and no unlikely escape is provided by the , Litviniuk finishing with quad aces to rub salt into Topuzov’s wounds.

In the second, Fuat Erturk is all-in for 70,000 and at risk versus Ilyas Unlu.

Fuat Erturk:
Ilyas Unlu:

Erturk’s ace is dominated and the runout confirms his exit, Unlu finishing with top pair tens.

Elena Litviniuk – 419,000 (41 bb)
Ilyas Unlu – 685,000 (68 bb)
Valeri Topuzov – eliminated
Fuat Erturk – eliminated