Tamasian Doubles Through Akimov
Level 22
: Blinds 12,000/24,000, 24,000 ante
All the chips went into the middle preflop with Garik Tamasian all in for 550,000 from the button who was up against Baurzhan Akimov in the cutoff.
Garik Tamasian: 
Baurzhan Akimov: 
Akimov was ahead, but the flop of 
raised the possibility of a chop with two over-cards, however, Tamasian drilled the 
to take the lead on the turn. But the Russian was not out of the woods as it gave Akimov an open-ended straight draw.
The river was the 
which was clean for Tamasian who gets a double-up and moved above an average stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,150,000
480,000
|
480,000 |
|
717,000
287,000
|
287,000 |