Deeb, Fitzgerald Climbing

From late position, Shaun Deeb came into the pot with a raise to 2,600, and he found action only from big blind Yaroslav Boyko, one of the native Ukrainians still remaining in the field.

Heads up then, the flop came out {2-Diamonds}

, and Boyko checked. He would call a bet of 3,200 from Deeb, and he would call another 7,200 after the {7-Spades}

fell on the turn. The river came the {J-Diamonds}

, and after Boyko checked, Deeb quickly announced, "All in," having the covering stack. That would send his opponent deep into the tank, and the local would regretfully fold after a long pause.

Deeb flipped over his airball {3-Clubs}

as he raked in the nice pot. His work today sees him moving up the board, sitting with just about 125,000 after that confrontation.

American Alex Fitzgerald is on the move as well. The young pro came into the day with just under 50,000 in his chip bag, but he's seen that stack grow three-fold over the first two hours. He's sitting on about 1480,000 now and he's decided a table massage is the perfect reward for his early climb.

Tags: Alex Fitzgerald Shaun Deeb

2009 PokerStars.net EPT Kyiv

2009 PokerStars.net EPT Kyiv

Deeb, Fitzgerald Climbing