Hands #190-195: Final Two Players

Feb 24, 2025

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HAND #190: Artem Vezhenkov raises to 400,000 for Ronald Haverkamp to call and the Dutchman checks the Spade 6Club 6Club 5 flop. Vezhenkov bets 350,000 and wins the pot.


HAND #191: Haverkamp min-raises and Vezhenkov calls. On a Heart KClub KClub 9 flop, Vezhenkov check-raises from 200,000 to 750,000 and Haverkamp calls. They check the Spade 4 turn and Vezhenkov bets only 550,000 on the Diamond 2 river. Haverkamp calls but cannot beat the Spade KDiamond 4 for kings full of fours by Vezhenkov.


HAND #192: A walk for Haverkamp, the first one in the heads-up duel. He flashes the Club ADiamond K and both players chuckle.


HAND #193: Haverkamp limps the button for the first time and Vezhenkov raises to 700,000, Haverkamp comes along. Vezhenkov leads the Heart ADiamond 9Heart 3 flop for 400,000 and the call follows. After the Heart 5 turn, Vezhenkov slows down and checks, then calls Haverkamp’s bet of 800,000. They check through the Club 6 and Vezhenkov takes down the pot with Heart QClub Q.


HAND #194: Vezhenkov min-raises the button and Haverkamp calls. The Dutch player check-calls for 200,000 on the Heart 9Club 8Diamond 8 flop and 850,000 on the Heart J turn. The Heart 5 river is checked by both and Haverkamp gets some chips back with the Diamond JClub 9 for jacks and nines.


HAND #195: Haverkamp limps, then calls a raise to 700,000. Vezhenkov bets 550,000 on the Club JDiamond 10Spade 5 flop to win the last hand of the level prior to a scheduled break.


Ronald Haverkamp – 12,075,000 (60 bb)
Artem Vezhenkov – 25,425,000 (127 bb)

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