Alkan Nearly Closes the Gap to Zaskodny
Level 28
: 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Volkan Alkan raised to 200,000 with the 
and Lukas Zaskodny defended the 
in the big blind. On a flop of 
, Zaskodny checked and subsequently called a bet worth 235,000 by Alkan who then improved on the 
turn. Zaskodny checked and Alkan bet 560,000 with 1,200,000 behind in order to get a call by Zaskodny.
Zaskodny checked the 
on the river once more and Alkan now bet 560,000 while keeping 605,000 behind. The value bet was paid off by his opponent to nearly even out the stack sizes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,100,000
-1,600,000
|
-1,600,000 |
|
||
|
3,900,000
1,900,000
|
1,900,000 |