Berko Shows a Bluff; Cordeiro Dos Santos Shows a Straight
Level 23
: Blinds 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Scott Berko had lost some chips before the break and took on [Removed:593] in a battle of the blinds. With 170,000 in the middle and the 10♥8♠3♥ flop showing, Berko check-raised from 55,000 to 185,000 and [Removed:593] folded to get shown he K♥7♠.
Over on the other table, Valdir Cordeiro dos Santos defended his big blind against a raise by Nikolay Ponomarev and check-called a bet of 70,000 on the 10♥9♣2♣7♠ turn and bet the 8♥ river for 175,000. Ponomarev folded and the table was shown the A♣J♠.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,500,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
900,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
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|
875,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
800,000
350,000
|
350,000 |