Tantillo and Kirichenko Keep Climbing
Level 7
: Blinds 800/1,500, 1,500 ante
Fausto Tantillo opened to 2,700 from the cutoff and received calls from Sergei Solovev in the small blind and Chady Ojeil in the big blind.
All three players checked the Q♥10♠9♣ flop leading to the A♣ turn. Solovev checked, Ojeil checked, Tantillo bet 7,500, Solovev folded and Ojeil called.
Ojeil checked again on the 4♠ river and Tantillo sized up with a bet of 25,500. Ojeil made the call.
Tantillo tabled A♦9♠ for two pair to take down another sizable pot, surpassing 300,000 chips in the process.
Meanwhile at another table, Aleksandr Kirichenko has also built a monster stack of 355,000 and currently holds the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
355,000
102,000
|
102,000 |
|
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|
327,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
60,100
60,100
|
60,100 |
|
34,000
34,000
|
34,000 |