The two hands went pretty much the same way and Byron Kaverman doubled whereas Andrew Lichtenberger was eliminated.
Murad Akhundov raised and Kaverman defended his big blind to check-raise from 18,000 to 38,000 on the flop . Akhundov shoved and Kaverman called for 128,000 with
for middle pair, a gutshot and straight flush draw. His opponent had
for top pair and Kaverman got there on the
river.
Soon after, Lichtenberger defended his big blind and saw the flop come . The American also check-raised, from 27,000 to 63,000, and then called the shove with queen-jack for top two. Akhundov had
for top pair and the rest of the board filled up with the
turn and
river.