Ponakovs Rivers Lingham
Level 4
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Aleksejs Ponakovs raised in early position, and only Vinny Lingham chose to call, putting in the 10,000 from the cutoff.
Ponakovs chose to check the K♣10♥9♥ flop, but Lingham wasn't interested in giving his opponent a free turn card. Instead, he bet 15,000, which Ponakovs called.
Ponakovs check-called another bet of 30,000 on the turn 2♠ before the river rolled off a third heart. Ponakovs again elected to check, and Lingham, who didn't like the look of the river, checked behind.
Lingham was correct with his suspicions as Ponakovs showed A♥3♥ for a rivered flush. A dismayed Lingham then showed the table that he had flopped the nut straight with queen-jack, receiving some plaudits from his tablemates for not losing more chips on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
820,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
|
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|
690,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
640,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
||
|
570,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
520,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
||
|
480,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
||
|
300,000
80,000
|
80,000 |