Bulent Mermer and Panikos Fantousis Play Chicken on the Flop

Photo: Bulent Mermer

Approximately 30,000 is already in the middle as big stacks Panikos Fantousis in early position and Bulent Mermer in the cutoff see a flop of .

Fantousis starts with a check and Mermer bets 15,000. Fantousis then check-raises to 65,000, but Mermer isn’t done.

He re-raises all in for about 100,000 more effective sending Fantousis into the tank.

Ultimately he quietly pushes his cards toward the muck and as the pot is pushed to Mermer he shows for two overcards and a flush draw.

The sizeable victory moves Mermer into contention for the current chip lead.

Bulent Mermer – 345,000 (115 bb)
Panikos Fantousis – 100,000 (33 bb)