Soika Finds Queens and Doubles
Level 26
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Ihar Soika, is up to 2,700,000 thanks to doubling through American Kenneth Smaron.
Felix Bleiker raised to 125,000 from late position, Soika responded with an all-in bet of 1,170,000 from the button, and Smaron called from the small blind, and Daniel Cates ducked out of the way from the big blind.
Soika showed 
and was way ahead of Smaron's 
. Soika's grip on the hand grew tighter on the 
flop, although the 
turn gave Smaron some outs to a straight. The 
missed Smaron and he handed over almost half of his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,700,000
1,550,000
|
1,550,000 |
|
1,650,000
1,200,000
|
1,200,000 |