Chip Leaders Chop
They took a flop of and Melnikow led out with a bet of 20,000. Vengrin min-raised to 40,000 and Melnikow made the call.
The turn brought the and both players slowed down and checked. The river was the and Melnikow tanked for a long time before declaring that he was all in. Vengrin snap-called with for the straight as Melnikow showed for the same hand as the chip leaders chopped up the pot!