Hands #31-34: Blenkarn and Kachan Double Up
Hand #31: Eric Shanks raised to 65,000 and took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #32: Richard Milne raised to 65,000 and Mike Kachan called in the big blind only to fold the ![]()
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flop to a continuation bet of his opponent.
Hand #33: Jeff Blenkarn raised to 65,000 and Viktor Skoldstedt three-bet to 105,000 out of the blinds, Blenkarn called. On the ![]()
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flop, the Swede moved all in and Blenkarn called for 385,000 chips and his tournament life.
Blenkarn: ![]()
Skoldstedt: ![]()
The board completed with the
turn and the
river, Blenkarn doubled up.
Hand #34: Blenkarn raised to 65,000 and Steve Gross three-bet to 145,000. Kachan moved all in for 395,000 and the initial raiser folded. Gross pondered about his decision for quite some time and made the call.
Kachan: ![]()
Gross: ![]()
There was no help at all on the ![]()
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and Gross is now really short.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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|
1,050,000
319,000
|
319,000 |
|
|
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|
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900,000
117,000
|
117,000 |
|
|
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|
|
675,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
400,000
911,000
|
911,000 |
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