Khamatgareev Rivers the Straight
Level 26
: 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
In a battle of the blinds, Ravil Khamatgareev limped in with the 
and Anton Konovalov checked with the 
. The flop came 
and Khamatgareev min-bet only for Konovalov to raise it up to 150,000, which Khamatgareev called. After the 
turn, Khamatgareev checked and called a bet of 200,000 before doing so again for 500,000 on the 
river to claim the pot and chip lead on the feature table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,100,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
2,400,000
-1,000,000
|
-1,000,000 |
|
||
and Tamasyan bet 50,000, which Golovin called. After the 
turn, Tamasyan checked and called a bet of 150,000 before checking again the 
, Tamasyan claimed the pot with 
, Lichagin checked and called a bet of 100,000 before checking again the 
on the turn.
on the river. Lichagin tanked and moved all in for 1,100,000, and Khamatgareev called to get shown the bad news.
flop, Chernikov check-called a bet of 225,000 and they checked the 
river to award the 1.2 million pot to Chernikov.
flop, Golovin checked and folded when facing a bet worth 90,000.
and Konstantin Lichagin in the hijack three-bet to 300,000 with 
flop was checked by Fedorov and he then called a continuation bet worth 230,000. No betting action took place on the 
flop, Golovin continued for 130,000 and picked up a call by Lavrov to see the 
and Anton Konovalov called with the 