Borovkov Stuns Tuna with Straight Flush in 830,000-Chip All-In Pot

Level 15
: Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
In the last hand before dinner break, there was roughly 260,000 in the middle on a board and Aleksey Borovkov, from the big blind, put in a bet of 130,000, leaving 154,000 chips behind.
Akin Tuna, in the button on a similar stack, moved all in over the top of Borovkov, who made the call.
Aleksey Borovkov:
Akin Tuna:
Borovkov had flopped a straight but Tuna was drawing to a bigger flush draw.
The river brought the , which had Tuna pumping the air until he realized Borovkov had hit an unlikely straight flush on the river, which whittled him down to about 14,000 chips.
A distraught Tuna claimed that he was not going to come back after the dinner break.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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830,000
705,000
|
705,000 |
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14,000
-386,000
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-386,000 |