Kuzmickas Prevails in Battle of Lithuanians
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
A raise to 400 was in front of Rokas Barzdzius and he picked up one caller before Benas Kuzmickas three-bet to 1,500. Barzdzius called, as did one further player, and the trio headed to a flop of 
. Action checked to Kuzmickas, who continued for 1,600, and just fellow Lithuanian Barzdzius called.
The 
turn and 
river brought to betting action and Barzdzius showed 
, which Kuzmickas had beat with 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
34,000 | |
|
26,000 |
. Van De Linde checked and Kuznik bet 7,200. Van De Linde took his time carefully stacking each denomination of chip on top of eachother in turn, before pausing and sliding his chips into the middle. Kuznik threw a chip in the middle, instantly calling.
and Kuznik was eliminated. As he got to his feet, Van De Linde gestured to the flop: "You could have had something like Ace-King," he said.
on a board of 
to essentially double his stack.
versus 
and the very next hand Paulina Rimkute raised to 600. Bahman called on the button and Hamid came along from the big blind. The flop fell 
and the action checked to Rimkute, who bet 600. Both opponents called and the 
turn was checked.
and it checked to Ciakas again who bet 4,000. eMKey raised to 8,500 and the third player in the hand folded.
and the other 
with a club. The turn and river were bricks and Van De Linde boosted his stack to well over 100,000.
, and the board ran out 
to let Voth double.