Matakis Building Again
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 6,000 ante
After winning a recent pot against Jeff Petronack, Ian Matakis defended his big blind to an open of 25,000 by Petronack. The flop came [4sadh] and Matakis checked. Petronack threw out a continuation-bet of 35,000 and Matakis called.
Action checked through the turn 
and river 
to take the hand to showdown.
Matakis tabled 
for a rivered pair of kings and Petronack sent his cards to the muck. With the pot, Matakis has now accumulated almost three-quarters of the chips in play with under 10 minutes remaining in the level.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
616,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
|
||
|
224,000
225,000
|
225,000 |