Boika Takes Over A Million From Ockenden

Hand #11: Peter Ockenden picked up and raised to 130,000 from the cutoff. Aliaksei Boika defended his big blind with .

Boika flopped a flush draw on , Ockended flopped top pair. Boika checked, Ockenden bet 240,000 and Boika called.

On the turn, Boika checked, and Ockenden continued his aggression with a bet of 385,000. The Belarusian, with flush and straight draws, called again, creating a pot of over 1,5 million chips already.

Boika got there on the river, completing his flush. It took about two minutes before Boika came to a decision, and he led out with a bet of 450,000.

Visibly disgusted, Ockenden removed his sunglasses and tried to figure out the situation. After some more deliberation, the Brit called and got shown the bad news. Boika raked in a monstrous pot of 2,5 million and is now second in chips.