All the chips went into the middle preflop with Garik Tamasian all in for 550,000 from the button who was up against Baurzhan Akimov in the cutoff.
Garik Tamasian: ![]()
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Baurzhan Akimov: ![]()
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Akimov was ahead, but the flop of ![]()
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raised the possibility of a chop with two over-cards, however, Tamasian drilled the
to take the lead on the turn. But the Russian was not out of the woods as it gave Akimov an open-ended straight draw.
The river was the
which was clean for Tamasian who gets a double-up and moved above an average stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,150,000
480,000
|
480,000 |
|
|
717,000
287,000
|
287,000 |