Cannuli Gets Back to Back Pots off Sverko
Christoph Cannuli was on the button and heads-up against small blind, Gregor Sverko. There was around 150,000 in the pot and the board read 
.
Sverko checked to Cannuli who bet 75,000 which sent Sverko into the tank for a minute before he decided to call. Cannuli flipped over 
for a pair of tens which was good and Sverko mucked his hand without showing.
The next hand had these two facing off again on a flop of 
. Canulli checked to Sverko who was now on the button and threw out a bet of 25,000 which Canulli called.
The turn brought a 
and both players checked.
An showed up on the river and Canulli checked to Sverko who bet 50,000. Canulli called and showed 
for two pair and Sverko showed 
for an underpair to the board and no heart either for the flush.
Canulli's stack grew to over one million after the back to back faceoffs against the Day 1 chip leader.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,400,000
1,090,000
|
1,090,000 |
|
475,000
-571,000
|
-571,000 |
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