Vaskaboinikau and Koshchii Going Up
Level 3
: 100/200, 25 ante
On the heads up turn of 
, Vasilii Koshchii bet 2,525 and Nikolai Kurakin called to see the 
appear on the river. Koshchii now checked and Kurakin bet 4,200 and was quickly called. Kurakin showed 
and that ended up second best to the 
of Koshchii, who built his stack.
The Russian is the second chip leader on his table behind Mikalai Vaskaboinikau.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
44,000 |
board with what looked to be over 20,000 in the middle.
for two pair and his opponent reluctantly mucked.
and Lakhov bet 4,000 which Tyavin called leaving 8,500 behind.
flop, Pilinkus checked out of turn. There were a few raised eyebrows but no one commented as Feklisov checked "behind" moments later.
and again Pilinkus checked out of turn. At this point the dealer stepped in to remind him and Feklisov bet 3,700. Pilinkus called.
and Pilinkus came perilously close to checking out of turn for the third consecutive street, but managed to stop himself. Feklisov checked, and the Lithuanian qualifier checked behind.
with 10,000 in the middle, the action checked to Sergei Chantcev and he bet 5,000. Beka Iordanishvili called and the third player in the hand folded. The 
river. Iordanishvili bet 7,000.
.
top pair though was behind the 
of Nikolaev.
and the river the 
and Nakhjavani hit the rail.
.
turn and 
