Hands #162-167: Artem Vezhenkov Opens Up Larger Lead

Feb 24, 2025

HAND #162: Ronald Haverkamp raises the button to 400,000 and Ankit Ahuja defends the big blind to the Spade JHeart 3Spade 2 flop. Ahuja checks, Haverkamp bets 350,000 and Ahuja then check-raises to 900,000 for Haverkamp to call.

On the Diamond 9 turn, Ahuja checks and Haverkamp bets 1,800,000. One time bank chip later, Ahuja opts to fold.


HAND #163: Artem Vezhenkov raises the button to 400,000 and Ahuja calls in the small blind. They check to the Spade KSpade 9Diamond 5Club 4Heart 10 river on which Ahuja checks once more. Vezhenkov bets 450,000 and wins the pot uncontested.


HAND #164: A walk for Vezhenkov.


HAND #165: A walk for Ahuja.


HAND #166: Ahuja raises to 700,000 from the small blind and Haverkamp folds.


HAND #167: Ahuja opens to 400,000 on the button, which only Vezhenkov in the big blind calls. Both check the Club 4Spade 4Diamond 2 flop to the Spade K turn. Vezhenkov check-raises from 375,000 to 1,200,000 and picks up a call from Ahuja.

The river is the Club A and Vezhenkov bets 2,000,000. Ahuja uses another time bank chip to call and mucks versus Diamond JDiamond 4 for trips fours.


Seat 1. Ronald Haverkamp – 11,300,000 (57 bb)
Seat 3. Artem Vezhenkov – 18,875,000 (94 bb)
Seat 6. Ankit Ahuja – 7,325,000 (37 bb)

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