Andras Kovacs raised to 2,000 and [Removed:415] made the call from the button. Roy Vandersluis called from the big blind and the flop came down . Vandersluis checked and Kovacs bet 3,200. Doria called and Vandersluis folded.
The turn card was the and Kovacs bet 5,600. Doria called to see the pair the board on the river. Kovacs checked and Doria checked behind.
At showdown, Kovacs' beat the for Doria and he moved to 130,000 in chips. Doria dropped to 15,000.
Lee Nelson opened to 2,000 from the cutoff, and with Billy Jordanou in the small blind, he uttered some inaudible banter before eventually opting to fold.
As the dealer pushed the pot to Nelson, he flashed his to prove he wasn't just stealing the blinds as he now moves to 45,000 in chips.
During the break, avid PokerNews follower came over to the blogging desk to discuss some strategy for the final level.
One of our PokerNews bloggers joked that he would like to see McLean open the button with , get three-bet by the big blind to say 5,700, and then have McLean respond with an awkward four-bet of roughly 9,575. With the big blind having only 25,000 to start the hand, he would make a tough stack-size-orientated fold with a holding such as .
So as play kicked off for the level and Andras Kovacs opened the cutoff to 2,000, we indeed found McLean making it 4,500 from the button.
The blinds passed, and after a slight pause, Kovacs made the call to see a flop fall.
Kovacs checked and McLean dropped in a 6,000-chip continuation-bet to force a near instant fold from Kovacs.
McLean flashed his for top pair as he collected the pot to move to around the 60,000-chip mark.
Although it wasn't the we were hoping for, it was close enough, and at least McLean won the pot!
. Vandersluis checked and Kovacs bet 3,200. Doria called and Vandersluis folded.
and Kovacs bet 5,600. Doria called to see the 
pair the board on the river. Kovacs checked and Doria checked behind.
beat the 
for Doria and he moved to 130,000 in chips. Doria dropped to 15,000.![[user80015]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
, get three-bet by the big blind to say 5,700, and then have McLean respond with an awkward four-bet of roughly 9,575. With the big blind having only 25,000 to start the hand, he would make a tough stack-size-orientated fold with a holding such as 
flop fall.
