Lebedov and Antonenko Moving in Opposite Directions

We pick up the action on the turn in a heads-up pot as the board read {2-Diamonds}

. First to speak was Sergey Antonenko, and he put out a bet of 15,000. Nikita Lebedov was his lone opponent, and he took his time before making the call.

The last card off the deck was the {9-Spades}

, and Antonenko fired a small bet of 8,000 into a pot of more than 50,000. After some time in the tank, Lebedov announced a healthy raise to 55,000. Antonenko immediately grabbed calling chips out of his stack, but it would be another two or three minutes before he finally mustered the strength to put them into the pot. When he did so, Lebedov tabled {A-Spades}