Smuskevicius Plays Back at the Chip Leader, Shows He Had It
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Boris Smuskevicius and Kubanychbek Abakirov built a pot of around 80,000 by the turn on a board of 
. Abakirov, in the hijack, bet 50,000.
Smuskevicius then raised to 125,000 in middle position and Abakirov tanked for about a minute before he slid his cards into the middle. Smuskevicius showed 
for the turned full house as he took a small bite out of Abakirov's massive stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,250,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
400,000
300,000
|
300,000 |