WSOP Bracelet Holder Oleksii Kovalchuk Doubles Up
Steve Merrifield raised to 6,000 in first position, Raul Paez called a few seats over before Oleksii Kovalchuk squeezed to 33,000 in mid-position. Merrifield folded but Paez decided to take a flop out of position.
Flop:

Paez put Kovalchuk all-in for around 30,000 and the World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet holder made the call.
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So Kovalchuk was ahead with his aces and that's the way the result stayed after the
and
completed the board.

