Budac Gets Aggressive With a Baby Pair
Level 1
: Blinds 100/300, 300 ante
Three-handed on a flop of 9♠3♠2♦, Michael Armstrong bet 2,000 from the button before Stepan Budac raised to 5,400 in the big blind. Merab Meladze folded in the hijack, but Armstrong called.
The turn came the Q♦ and Budac bet 16,000. Armstrong again called and the K♥ fell on the river.
Budac checked this time, and Armstrong checked back. Budac showed 4♣4♥ and Armstrong turned over J♥J♣ to take the pot.
Meladze is currently sitting on a stack of 170,000, most of which came in a big encounter against Cristi Grecu. "Five-bet pot, aces versus ace-queen. Ace-queen made a flush," tablemate Alex Peffly said.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
170,000 | |
|
140,000 | |
|
50,000 | |
|
6,000 |