Thorel and Uskov Double Up
Level 12
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Michael Soyza opened to 25,000 in early position and Jean-Noel Thorel three-bet to 56,000 in the cutoff. Steve O'Dwyer four-bet to 125,000 and Ben Heath tanked for a minute in the big blind before folding. Soyza also folded and Thorel announced all in which O'Dwyer called.
Jean-Noel Thorel: 
Steve O'Dwyer: 
Thorel held the preflop advantage and it got stronger when the flop came 
. The 
on the turn sealed the deal and Thorel scored a double up to stay alive.
At the other table, Alexander Uskov got all of his chips in the middle with 
against Seth Davies who had 
. Uskov also held on and doubled through Davies.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
590,000
348,000
|
348,000 |
|
520,000
333,000
|
333,000 |
|
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|
466,000
311,000
|
311,000 |
|
311,000
279,000
|
279,000 |
|
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