O'Dwyer Creeping Closer to the Lead
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Level 24
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
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Chip leader Mikita Badziakouski raised to 60,000 from the hijack and received calls from Steve O'Dwyer on the button and Roman Samoylov in the small blind.
The trio saw a flop of 9♣5♠A♠, which got checked to O'Dwyer. He put forth a bet of 60,000 and Samoylov got out of the way. With the action back on Badziakouski, he grabbed more chips than O'Dwyer had put in the middle and made a raise to 180,000. O'Dwyer made the call and the big stacks had officially gone to war.
The war was short-lived, however, as when the A♥ turn was dealt, Badziakouski check-folded to O'Dwyer's 180,000 bet. The two are now playing very close stacks, while the rest of the table still trails them.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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2,550,000
-130,000
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-130,000 |
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2,400,000
450,000
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450,000 |
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965,000
85,000
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85,000 |