01-26-2010 21:27 UTC+11

Eugene Katchalov: 0 vs. Andrew Lichtenberger: 1

[user135779]

It's been a long, hard battle between Eugene Katchalov and Andrew Lichtenberger, but Lichtenberger has taken first honours in the space of three hands.

Katchalov moved all in with {a-Diamonds}

{a-Diamonds}

{6-Hearts}

and Lichtenberger called with {10-Spades}

{10-Spades}

{8-Spades}

. The board ran out {9-Hearts}

{9-Hearts}

{4-Clubs}

{q-Spades}

{3-Clubs}

{5-Clubs}

which was good enough for Katchalov to make the stacks even.

Katchalov was then crippled in the second hand after moving in with {q-Diamonds}

{q-Diamonds}

{j-Spades}

against Lichtenberger's {9-Hearts}

{9-Hearts}

{2-Diamonds}

.

Lichtenberger managed to catch trips on the board of {2-Hearts}

{2-Hearts}

{q-Clubs}

{5-Spades}

{j-Diamonds}

, then sealed the deal a short time later when he hit a queen with {q-?}

{q-?}

{7-?}

against Katchalov's {a-?}

{a-?}

{j-?}

.

Advantage Lichtenberger, 1-0.