Hands #280-282: Koppel Gets There, Doubles Up

Hand #280: Roman Korenev raised to 400,000 and Jared Koppel called. The flop went check/check. Koppel bet 550,000 on the turn and Korenev called.

The river came and Koppel settled on a bet of 1,500,000, which Korenev called. Koppel showed him the and Korenev couldn't beat that.

Hand #281: Koppel raised to 500,000 and Korenev folded.

Hand #282: Korenev limped in and Koppel checked. Koppel checked the flop, Korenev bet 200,000, Koppel check-raised to 700,000, Korenev three-bet to 2,500,000, Koppel four-bet shoved all in for 11,600,000 and Korenev called it off.

Roman Korenev:
Jared Koppel:

Korenev was in the lead with a flopped two pair, while Koppel was looking for a straight. The turn brought the to add a club flush draw to Koppels' outs, and the backdoor clubs came in on the river when the fell, doubling up Koppel to keep his bracelet dream afloat.