Chop Pot Ace King For Thursfield and Melnikov
Level 34
: 800,000/1,600,000, 1,600,000 ante
Chin Wei Lim raised to 3,500,000 from the cutoff with 
and Alexey Melnikov three-bet to 10,500,000. Luke Thursfield four-bet all in for 62,000,000, and after Lim folded, Melnikov called.
Both players held ace-king, and the board brought the inevitable chop pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
109,000,000 | -2,600,000 |
|
61,000,000 | -12,800,000 |
in the cutoff and Gor Kazaryan three-bet all in for 25.85 million with the 
to keep the pocket tens as best hand.
, and Andrey Malyshev called with 
in the cutoff. The action folded to Anatoly Filatov in the big blind, and he made it 15,500,000 with 
. 
flop took some outs off Malyshev, however, he picked up some outs with the 
on the turn. Sure enough, the 
after the action folded to him, and short stack Andrey Malyshev called for his last 12,000,000 with 
. 
turn and 
river, after Lipov hit top pair to win the pot.
and Melnikov quickly fired a bet of 11.5 million. That was enough to shut down further action and the pot was shipped to Melnikov.
and was called by Anatoly Filatov on the button with 
and Alexey Melnikov in the big blind with the 
. Melnikov bet the 
flop for 4.5 million and Thursfield was the only caller.