Level 23
: 9,000/18,000, 2,000 ante
Gabriel Le Jossec opened the action for 39,000 and got calls from Konstantin Pogodin in the small blind and Ami Barer in the big blind.
Three-way to the flop of 
and it was checked to the raiser and Barer made if 59,000. Pogodin made the call but Barer was lying in wait with a check-raise to 140,000. That persuaded Le Jossec to release his hand but Pogodin wasn’t going anywhere and made the call.
The turn card was the 
and Pogodin check-called a bet of 90,000 from Barer. The 
hit the river and no more chips went in the pot. Pogodin to show first and he turned over 
which was no good against the pair 
of Barer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,700,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
||
|
750,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
, giving Cheong a winning set of jacks for the double. He now has about 1.1 million in chips.
flop. Both players checked and the 
completed the board.
. Jung had that beat, however, with 
for top pair. Jung took the pot and now has 3.29 million to his name. Cheong, on the other hand, has dropped to 530,000.
and there were three checks around the table to Pogodin. He fired 60,00, prompting folds from both Troyanovskiy and Le Jossec. Cheong, however, tossed out a call.
for top pair of aces. Pogodin was pushed the pot and he now has about 1.38 million to his name.
hit the turn. Wang now led out for 130,000 and Troyanovskiy slid out the calling chips.
completed the board and Wang gave it a stare before declaring he was all in.
to hit the felt on the turn.
flop.
