Soika Fires a Second Bullet
Level 21
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Ihar Soika raised to 30,000 under the gun as action folded to a short-stacked Yuefan Gu who began tanking in the cutoff. "I swear to you we're not chicken," Ara Melkisetian said to him.
Gu eventually folded while Melkisetian called on the button, as did big blind Carmel Haloon. The flop came 3♥8♥7♦ and Soika continued for 35,000.
Both opponents called and the K♦ fell on the turn. Soika then bet 155,000. Melkisetian spent around three minutes tanking before he folded.
Haloon, meanwhile, instantly folded a pair of deuces as Soika took the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,100,000
546,000
|
546,000 |
|
760,000
86,000
|
86,000 |
|
700,000
320,000
|
320,000 |
|
600,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
|
600,000
124,000
|
124,000 |
|
220,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
210,000
-241,000
|
-241,000 |
|
140,000
-255,000
|
-255,000 |
|
75,000
-474,000
|
-474,000 |