Mugar Continues to Climb
Level 25
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Peter Mugar raised to 140,000 from the cutoff, and only Anatoly Nikitin called in the big blind.
On a 2♦4♣10♣ flop, Nikitin executed a check-raise. After sending the action to Mugar, who bet 80,000, Nikitin made it 200,000, which Mugar called.
The Q♥ turn saw Nikitin slow down, this time check-calling when Mugar put 375,000 into the middle.
Nikitin then retook the betting lead on the flush-completing 3♣ river, putting 225,000 into the pot. Mugar called and was able to beat the Q♠8♣ of Nikitin with his own pair of queens, as he flipped over K♦Q♦.