Petkov Binks the River to Leave Khalaf Short
Level 17
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Marsel Khalaf opened from the cutoff and Lachezar Petkov shoved from the small blind for 850,000. Once the action was back on Khalaf, he burned through a few time banks before he made the call with a slightly covering stack.
Lachezar Petkov: A♦7♦ 
Marsel Khalaf: 10♥10♣
Khalaf was in the lead with his tens and added a gutshot on the 8♣Q♥J♣ flop. The J♠ on the turn did give Petkov a few more outs as any jack would counterfeit the tens of Khalaf, who still held a big lead.
It wasn't a jack that hit the river, instead the A♣ peeled off, giving Petkov a pair of aces and leaving Khalaf with less than two big blinds to play with.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,850,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
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|
70,000
1,005,000
|
1,005,000 |