Double-Up for Tamasauskas
Vladas Tamasauskas opened to 4,000 under the gun, and received calls from Roland Haddad in the cutoff, and Petru Tarlev in the big blind.
On the K♦6♣3♦ flop, action was checked to Tamasauskas, who fired out a bet of 4,500. Haddad responded with a raise to 9,000, and Tarlev cold-called.
Tamasauskas wasn't finished there, and three-bet to 34,000.
After some thought Haddad folded, but Tarlev back-jammed for 130,000 with the covering stack. Tamasauskas quickly got his 92,000 total stack into the middle.
Vladas Tamasauskas: A♦J♦ 
Petru Tarlev: 7♦5♦
It was flush draw versus flush draw and gutshot, and Tamasauskas was in great shape.
The J♥ turn was a great card for Tamasauskas, giving him the security of a pair, and Tarlev was now drawing to a non-diamond four. It did not arrive on the Q♥ river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
350,000
1,700
|
1,700 |
|
201,000
91,000
|
91,000 |
|
38,000
118,300
|
118,300 |