Sleiman Sitting on Crumbs
Level 28
: 40,000/80,000, 0 ante
Oleg Pavlyuchuk raised it up to 225,000 in the cutoff with 
and Tarek Sleiman called on the button with 
. The flop fell 
and Pavlyuchuk check-called a bet of 250,000 from Sleiman.
The turn brought the 
and both players checked to the 
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.
Pavlyuchuk was the player at risk and after the chips were counted, Sleiman was left with less than one big blind and Pavlyuchuk moved into the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,915,000 | 1,630,000 |
|
30,000 | -1,945,000 |