Lewis Doubles Again
Level 28
: 40,000/80,000, 0 ante
Romain Lewis limped in from the small blind with 
and Oleg Pavlyuchuk raised to 230,000 in the big blind with 
. Lewis three-bet the pot to 690,000 and Pavlyuchuk moved all in. Lewis called off his stack of around 1,200,000 and the cards were on their backs.
The flop came 
giving Lewis a set of aces and the nut flush draw. Pavlyuchuk would need runner-runner but the 
on the turn sealed the deal as Lewis made the nut flush. The 
on the river was insignificant and Lewis scored a full double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,100,000 | -735,000 |
|
2,500,000 | 810,000 |
. Romain Lewis called with 
and Oleg Pavlyuchuk got in for free with 
.
and Tarek Sleiman called on the button with 
. The flop fell 
and Pavlyuchuk check-called a bet of 250,000 from Sleiman.
on the river. Pavlyuchuk led out for 350,000 and Sleiman shipped all in for over 1,400,000. Pavlyuchuk snap-called with the nut straight and scored a double up through Sleiman.
, Goenka called from the small blind with 
.
and Sebastian Obermeier three-bet to 600,000 with 
on his left. The action folded back to Magalashvili who stuck in the rest of his chips for a total of 335,000 and the cards were tabled.
giving Magalashvili a pair of fives and a few outs. However, the 
, Goenka checked, Obermeier bet 150,000, Goenka check-raised all in for 610,000, and Obermeier snap-folded.
on the turn was a good card for Lewis' pocket aces and the 
. Oleg Pavlyuchuk checked his option with 
