Hands #41-45: Another Big Pot For Karlsson
Hand #41: From the button, Dmitry Yurasov raised to 130,000 with and won the blinds and antes.
Hand #42: Aliaksei Boika completed the small blind with and Mats Karlsson checked his option, holding . The flop was and Boika checked to Karlsson. The Swede overbet the pot, sliding out 225,000 in chips. Boika thought about it for a moment but eventually folded.
Hand #43: When folded to him in the small blind, Mats Karlsson completed with after checking how much Dmitry Yurasov was playing. The Russian checked, holding and both hit a part of the flop.
Yurasov checked-called a 125,000-bet by Karlsson. The fell on the turn and Yurasov checked again. Chipleader Karlsson made it 400,000 to go. Yurasov thought about it for a minute and made the call.
Karlsson improved to two pair with the on the river. When checked to him he bet 600,000 and got paid by Yurasov who made the hero call and was wrong.
Hand #44: Aliaksei Boika picked up the blinds and antes with a raise to 130,000 while holding in first position.
Hand #45: Elie Saad shoved all in for 860,000 from the small blind with . Big blind Aliaksei Boika thought about it for a moment with but elected to fold.