First Hand of Heads-Up Play to Filatov
Level 25
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
In the first hand of heads-up play, Fabrice Soulier raised to 110,000 from the button and Anatoly Filatov defended from the big, which brought about a flop of 
. Filatov proceeded to check-call a bet of 110,000, and then he check-called a bet of 155,000 on the 
turn.
When the 
completed the board on the river, Filatov checked for a third time and Soulier did the same. It was a good thing he did too as Filatov was slow playing two pair with the 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,400,000
-375,000
|
-375,000 |
|
3,650,000
375,000
|
375,000 |