Mikhail Korotkikh Knocks Out 2 Players, Including WPT POY Mike Shariati

Jul 4, 2016

There is a three-way all-in situation at Table 2, involving reigning WPT Player of the Year Mike Shariati. Here are their cards in descending order of chip counts:

Mikhail Korotkikh:  Spade JDiamond J
Mike Shariati:  Club AClub K
UTG+1:  Spade 10Diamond 10

The board comes Heart QSpade 6Spade 3Spade 7Heart 9, and the pocket jacks hold up for Korotkikh to win the pot. The UTG+1 is eliminated as the short stack, and the dealer counts down the stacks for Shariati and Korotkikh — Shariati has 155,000, but Korotkikh has him ever-so-slightly covered with 157,000. Shariati is also eliminated, just a couple of spots from the Day 2 bubble.

Mikhail Korotkikh  –  400,000  (25 bb)
Mike Shariati  –  Eliminated Near the Day 2 Bubble

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