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Vegi Builds Formidable Stack
Level 9
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Satya Vegi has had a good Day 1a thus far as he has now surpassed 200,000 in chips.
Vegi did so after he got entangled in a pot with an opponent in the big blind. A series of raises resulted in the chips going in preflop with his opponent at risk.
Opponent: A♦5♣
Satya Vegi: K♦J♦
Vegi needed to improve to knock out his opponent, and the flop gave him additional outs to do so as it came Q♥4♣9♦ to give Vegi some straight outs.
The J♥ gave Vegi the lead, and the 9♥river sealed the deal to award Vegi the pot and the knockout.