Khoroshenin Crushes McKeehen
Level 5
: 250/500, 75 ante
Oleksii Khoroshenin has taken the chip lead in the $25,000 High Roller tournament after calling a river bet against former WSOP Main Event winner Joe McKeehen.
The board was showing 
and McKeehen had bet 20,000 into a pot of 35,000. Khoroshenin went into the tank, but after being stared down for around five minutes, made the right call. McKeehen showed 
, but the ace kicker to the two pair on board for Khoroshenin's 
was good enough to bump up the big stack he already had.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
145,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
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|
22,450
22,450
|
22,450 |
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