Lakhdari Takes Pot Preflop from Katchalov

Chris Bean

Level 6 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Omar Lakhdari limped from under the gun as did a player from middle position. Eugene Katchalov on the button made it 12,000.

Lakhdari raised to 42,000 which got the middle position player to fold instantly. A bemused Katchalov was staring intently at his opponent and went deep into thought. The Ukrainian utilized a time bank card, and eventually folded with 11 seconds left on his clock.

Lakhdari took in the pot, Katchalov was continuing to look through his opponent when the next hand was dealt.