Hands #6-10 - Double-Up for Andras Balogh

Mar 17, 2025

Andras BaloghPhoto: Andras Balogh

Hand #6 – Omar Lahdari opens to 400,000 from the button from Heart AHeart 9 from the button and gets no action.

Hand #7 – Fabian Rolli opens to 300,000 from the button with Club JHeart 4 and gets no action.

Hand #8 – Omar Lahdari opens to 400,000 from the hijack with Heart AClub 8 and gets called by Fabian Rolli in the cutoff with Spade 6Club 6.

The flop comes Diamond JDiamond 8Diamond 5 and Lahdari continues with a bet of 175,000, and Rolli quickly folds.

Hand #9 – Ilan Verdnikov opens to 400,000 from early position with Heart KDiamond 10. Andras Balogh takes a couple of time banks before folding Club KDiamond 8 off his 5 big blind stack in the big blind.

Hand #10 – Andras Balogh shoves from the small blind for 475,000 and is called by Edgars Hauks in the big blind.

Andras Balogh: Diamond QHeart 2.
Edgars Hauks: Diamond 10Club 9.

Balogh is ahead and remains so after the Heart JHeart 6Diamond 2Club 5Heart Q runout gives him two pair, and he looks to the air and thanks the poker gods.

Andras Balogh – 1,100,000 (7 bb)
Edgars Hauks – 2,000,000 (13 bb)

 

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