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Boika Fires at Ponakovs; Lasouski Doubles
Level 13
: Blinds 8,000/16,000, 160,000 ante
With around 120,000 in the pot on a flop of 9♥7♣5♥, Aliaksei Boika bet 30,000 from the cutoff and Aleksejs Ponakovs called under the gun, while Zhendong Li folded the big blind.
The turn was the 4♥ and Boika bet another 75,000. Ponakovs again called and the 8♣ fell on the river. Boika then bet 275,000 and Ponakovs paused for a moment before folding.
At another table, Artsiom Lasouski doubled up for 480,000 when he was all in against Atanas Malinov on a board of 8♣2♦5♦J♥2♣. Lasouski held A♦8♦ in middle position for top pair, while Malinov could only show 7x6x for a missed straight draw as he handed over the big pot.