Milhomens Goes for It All on the River
Level 15
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Jacek Medyk opened to 8,000 from the hijack and found two callers, Lyudmil Ivanov on the button and Rui Milhomens in the big blind.
The flop came out 
. Milhomens checked to the preflop aggressor, and Medyk continued with a bet of 10,000. Ivanov folded the button but Milhomens called in the big blind.
The turn brought an 
, and Milhomens checked again. Medyk didn't slow down, he bet 21,000. Milhomens again went for the check-call.
The river came the 
and Milhomens checked as he had every street prior. Milhomens emptied the clip with a bet of 53,000. Milhomens thought for about a minute before moving his stack of 222,000 into the middle as a check-raise. Medyk didn't think long before firing his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
383,000 | 23,000 |
|
360,000 | 60,000 |
|
98,000 | -122,000 |
for Martirosyan to make a flush and double his stack.
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landed on the turn. Cowen check-called a bet of 40,000 from Lee and the 
peeled off on the river. Both players checked again and Cowen tabled 
. Lee held 
for a set of tens to claim the side pot and he also got the main pot when Yelyubayev showed 
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and Lijo spiked a set of queens on the river to also eliminate Wilf. With two eliminations occurring at the same time, the tournament dealers were told to hold up after the hand.
for Szymanski to get the full double up.
and Kaliahin's pocket kings earned him a double-up as the money bubble looms.
flop saw Frezza demand in French "no king, no king, no king," not realising that this would give him the nuts. Both players missed the 
river as ace-jack high was good enough for the double.
for flopped top pair, but Stokkan drilled the turn and showed 
