Tikerpe Gets Some Back
Level 28
: 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
First to act, Fabiano Kovalevski raised to 160,000 and Matthias Tikerpe called on the button, as did Patrick Clarke in the big blind. The 
flop and the 
turn were checked. Clarke bet the river for 125,000 and both opponents called.
Clarke shook his head and showed 
, which Kovalevski had beat with 
. However, it was Tikerpe that won the pot with 
.
In the next hand, Haoxiang Wang raised the button to 160,000 and Clarke three-bet successfully out of the small blind.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
8,300,000 | -445,000 |
|
4,840,000 | 865,000 |
|
4,275,000 | 375,000 |
|
4,200,000 | -455,000 |
. Both players checked the turn was the 
. 
gave both players a full house, but it was Dimov who had a lock on the pot. Marques bet 280,000 and Dimov raised to 850,000. Marques went into the tank and needed to use a time bank card to mull over his decision. With his minute nearly up he decided to make a great fold and let his full house go into the muck.
, and Buckley bet again after Kovalski had checked. Tikerpe called, and Kovalski folded. 
. 
for the overpair to the board.
and Clarke check-called a bet of 100,000. The 
on the turn was checked through and Clarke checked the 
on the river. Tikerpe bet 225,000 and Clarke snap-called to get shown 
for aces and sixes and dragged in a nice pot early on.
and John Juanda asked for Heath's stack size before calling in the big blind with the 
