Level: 4
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 0
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #2: $25,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 4
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$3,040,000
Entries
128
Level
8
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
0
Froehlich Plays it Slow, Takes the Pot
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Level 3
: 8,000/16,000, 0 ante
Timoshenko raised to 33,000 on the button and Froehlich called, bringing a flop of 
. E-Fro checked to Timoshenko, who fired 36,000 into the middle. After Froehlich made the call, the 
fell on the turn and both players checked. The 
on the river prompted a check from E-Fro and Timoshenko tapped the table as well. E-Fro's 
proved to be good enough and he dragged the smallish pot.
Oops!
Level 3
: 8,000/16,000, 0 ante
The blinds never moved to 8,000/16,000, and we're already 17 minutes into the level. The slip has finally been noticed. We'll play three quick minutes of 8/16, and then we're moving right to 10,000/20,000.
Level: 3
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 0
Timoshenko Takes One Down
Level 2
: 6,000/12,000, 0 ante
Timoshenko min-raised on the button and E-For made the call, bringing a flop of 
. The Ukrainian fired 25,000 into the middle and E-Fro again made the call. The 
on the turn prompted checks by both players and the dealer revealed the 
. Timoshenko bet 120,000 at Froehlich, who paused before mucking his cards.
Blinds Up?
Level 2
: 6,000/12,000, 0 ante
We've been in this level for 32 minutes, and we're supposed to be playing 20-minute levels. Just FYI.
Yev Finds Some Value
Level 2
: 6,000/12,000, 0 ante
Yevgeniy Timoshenko raised to 27,000, and Eric Froehlich called to see a 
flop. It went check-check, and the 
dropped on fourth street. Froehlich checked again, and Timoshenko made a delayed continuation bet of 24,000. Froehlich flicked the calling chip from his stack and into the pot, and the 
filled out the board on the river. After one last Froehlich check, Timoshenko made one last bet -- 54,000 this time. Froehlich called, and we'd never get to see his hand.
Timoshenko turned over 
for kings up, and that was good.
Timoshenko Tries In Vain to Rebound
Level 2
: 6,000/12,000, 0 ante
After the big loss in the last hand Timoshenko made it 27,000 to go preflop and Froehlich called, bringing a flop of 
. After a check by Froehlich, Timoshenko fired 30,000 into the pot and again E-Fro came along. The turn card was the 
and Timoshenko continued his line, firing 70,000 into the middle after Froehlcih tapped the table. The dealer peeled the on the river and both players checked it down. E-Fro flipped up his 
and scooped a fairly decent pot.
Froehlich Finds His Double!
Level 2
: 6,000/12,000, 0 ante
Eric Froehlich raised to 26,000, and Yevgeniy Timoshenko reraised to 72,000. Froehlich called, and the 
flop drew a 60,000-chip continuation bet from Timoshenko. Froehlich took pause before announcing an all in for 428,000, and Timoshenko asked for the count. He's spend a couple minutes considering before making the call, and Froehlich was at risk for his first bullet. He was essentially flipping a coin.
Showdown
Timoshenko: 
Froehlich: 
Fröhlich was drawing, but his overcards were live, too. He'd need a five, eight, nine, or ten to win the pot.
Turn: 
That'll do it. Timoshenko was drawing dead, and Froelich has doubled up in a big way. The meaningless 
rivered, and Timoshenko counted out his debt and paid it off.
The "Let's go, E-Fro" chants rang out from the sparsely populated arena as Froehlich takes the lead in the match.
Timoshenko Shoves and Takes the Pot
Level 2
: 6,000/12,000, 0 ante
Timoshenko made it 25,000 to go before the flop and E-Fro three-bet to 87,000. Timoshenko stared his man down before asking E-Fro for a chip count. After continuing with his steely gaze, Timoshenko declared himself all-in and Froehlich looked skyward before folding his cards. Timoshenko appears to have drawn a bead on E-Fro's preflop play and has taken control of the match.