Vaaraniemi Decimates Chorianopoulos in Classic Flip
Level 11
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Dimitrios Gkatzas raised to 6,000 in early position before Ioannis Chorianopoulos three-bet to 21,000 in the cutoff. Elias Vaaraniemi then moved all in for 178,500 in the big blind and Gkatzas folded, but Chorianopoulos called to put Vaaraniemi at risk.
Elias Vaaraniemi: A♣K♠ 
Ioannis Chorianopoulos: Q♥Q♠
It was a classic flip with more than 350,000 at stake, and Vaaraniemi quickly pulled in front on the K♦J♠2♦ flop with top pair. The turn was the J♣, while the A♥ river improved Vaaraniemi to two pair and earned him the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
370,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
300,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
60,000
86,700
|
86,700 |