Level: 25
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 5,000
Level: 25
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 5,000
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau limped in from the small blind and Byron Kaverman made it 175,000 from the big.
Vaskaboinikau called and the flop came ![]()
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. Vaskaboinikau check-called a 175,000-chip continuation bet from Kaverman and the turn came the
. Once again, Vaskaboinikau check-called a Kaverman bet, this time for 200,000, and the
river was revealed.
Vaskaboinikau fired out a bet of 325,000 and after a minute mulling it over, Kaverman called. Vaskaboinikau mucked and the pot was pushed to Kaverman without showdown.
Vaskaboinikau asked if his opponent had a
.
"I'm not going to say," said Kaverman, stacking the chips that have now seen him flip-flop with Vaskaboinikau in the counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,600,000
1,150,000
|
1,150,000 |
|
|
1,300,000
1,250,000
|
1,250,000 |
Many smaller pots were traded without too much drama and only one time the action even went to the river. Mikalai Vaskaboinikau three-bet shoved twice early on after losing the hand against Byron Kaverman and the only other notable hand saw the two in a limped pot in the blinds.
On the flop ![]()
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, Vaskaboinikau bet 50,000 and Kaverman called before the duo checked through the
turn. The
fell on the river and the Belorussian massively over bet for 375,000 to enforce a fold from Kaverman. Vaskaboinikau showed the
and said no word.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,720,000
420,000
|
420,000 |
Byron Kaverman limped in from the small blind and Mukul Pahuja raised to 165,000 from the big blind, receiving a call from his sole opponent. The ![]()
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flop brought no betting action while Kaverman then fired the
turn for 135,000. Pahuja called and faced a bet worth 375,000 on the
river. After some consideration he called and Kaverman showed ![]()
as winning hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,000,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
|
2,700,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau opened to 125,000 from the button and Mukul Pahuja defended his big blind. The flop fell ![]()
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and after a Pahuja check, Vaskaboinikau quickly bet 75,000.
Pahuja called and the turn came the
. Pahuja checked again and Vaskaboinikau fired out 125,000. Pahuja flat-called once again and the river was the
.
Pahuja checked and after Vaskaboinikau bet another 175,000, he check-raised to 485,000. Vaskaboinikau called, but mucked when Pahuja showed him the ![]()
straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,000,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
|
700,000
1,020,000
|
1,020,000 |
Mukul Pahuja lost a smaller pot to Byron Kaverman and then opened to 125,000 from the button. Mikalai Vaskaboinikau moved all in for 765,000 from one seat over and Pahuja called.
Pahuja: ![]()
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Vaskaboinikau: ![]()
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The Belarusian spiked an ace on the board ![]()
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and doubled up.
One hand later, Vaskaboinikau raised to 125,000 from the button and Kaverman as well as Pajuha both called. The action was checked to the Belarusian on the flop ![]()
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and his all in got folds from both opponents.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,700,000
1,300,000
|
1,300,000 |
|
|
2,900,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
1,800,000
1,100,000
|
1,100,000 |
The three remaining players are on a 20-minute break. Mikalai Vaskaboinikau shoved another two times without getting called, besides that nothing special happened at the end of the level.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,545,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
|
3,090,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
|
2,415,000
615,000
|
615,000 |
Level: 26
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 10,000
The first hand was just a small limped pot between Byron Kaverman and Mukul Pahuja whereas the next two provided some fireworks.
Kaverman raised to 140,000 from the button and Mikalai Vaskaboinikau called in the big blind. On the ![]()
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flop, Vaskaboinikau check-called a bet of 140,000 and the
turn was then checked through. After the
river, Vaskaboinikau fired 375,000 and that won the pot.
Pahuja then raised to 140,000 from the button and Kaverman defended his big blind. On the flop ![]()
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, Kaverman checked and called a bet of 100,000 before doing the same on the
turn for 200,000. Pahuja fired a third barrel worth 485,000 on the
river and Kaverman reluctantly called to get shown ![]()
for a straight.
A few moments later, Kaverman openly folded that exact hand to cause some laughter at the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,125,000
580,000
|
580,000 |
|
|
2,700,000
285,000
|
285,000 |
|
|
1,675,000
1,415,000
|
1,415,000 |