Pagano Busts to Khoroshenin
Level 6
: 250/500, 75 ante
Luca Pagano was spotted leaving the tournament area and a quick glance at the previous table revealed a big stack for Oleksii Khoroshenin. It was indeed the Ukrainian that had knocked out Pagano, and Khoroshenin explained what happened.
After an under-the-gun raise, Pagano three-bet to 2,500 and Khoroshenin called from one seat over on the button, the initial raiser also called. On the ![]()
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flop, Pagano bet 4,500 and Khoroshenin moved all in, the third player in the hand folded. Pagano called with the ![]()
for top pair and Khoroshenin had a huge draw with ![]()
. It was no spade but a king on the river that sent Pagano out.