Amirfatahi Wins a Flip
Level 27
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Viacheslav Balaev just doubled up when his ace-king took down the pocket queens of Tian Hao Zheng, but he had to give some of his newly-found chips back to the table.
Aleksandr Kirichenko opened to 120,000 from early position and Balaev called in the cutoff before Ali Amirfatahi shoved from the big blind for 1,020,000. Kirichenko let it go, but Balaev called.
Ali Amirfatahi: 7♠7♣ 
Viacheslav Balaev: A♣Q♦
It was a fair fight, but one that Amirfatahi won as his pocket sevens held strong on the 4♠10♦9♦2♠2♣ runout, which earned him a double-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,500,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
2,300,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
2,200,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
400,000
1,355,000
|
1,355,000 |