Chen Chipping Up
Level 8
: 400/800, 800 ante
Pete Chen has been busy, doubling his stack in the last two levels. His most recent chips came in a pot involving Anatoliy Zyrin and Vladimir Gordienko. Chen took it down after barreling on a 
board. Zyrin folded the flop and Gordienko passed on the turn, adding more to Chen's stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
81,000
42,500
|
42,500 |
|
79,000
79,000
|
79,000 |
|
61,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
and Artem Vezhenkov had bet enough to set German Sakavichyus all in and when he called, Vezhenkov turned over the nuts with 
and Sakavichyus's 
was no good. Vezhenkov has had a great day so far and is comfortably above the 100,000 mark now.
flop, Oganyan checked and when Astashkin didn't continue, Gao bet 2,000. It was a fold for Oganyan but Astashkin came along. 
, pairing the board and Gao barrelled for 4,000, which Astashkin check-called. The last card out was the 
and Gao barrelled in position once more. Her 10,000 bet was too much for Astashkin, who passed and Gao is chipping up nicely.
turn. When the dealer put a 
on the river and it was checked to Radzivonau, he made it 4,600 to get to showdown and got folds all round.
