Hands #88-89: Artem Vezhenkov Skyrockets Into the Lead

Photo: Artem Vezhenkov

HAND #88: Artem Vezhenkov raises the button to 250,000 and Supakit Anukoolpitaknil calls in the big blind. Following a flop, Anukoolpitaknil check-calls for 325,000 and they check the on the turn. Anukoolpitaknil checks his cards again on the river and checks his option, too.

Vezhenkov bets 725,000 and takes down the pot.

HAND #89: Vezhenkov opens to 250,000 in the cutoff and Dominik Nitsche three-bet to 700,000 on the button, the initial raiser calls. On the flop, Vezhenkov checks to Nitsche who makes it 550,000 to go. Vezhenkov calls and opts to lead the turn for 650,000, Nitsche calls.

After the river, Vezhenkov uses another time bank and then bets 3,775,000 with 400,000 chips behind.

Nitsche instantly leans slightly forward and smirks, then stares at his opponent. After using one time bank, Nitsche calls and Vezhenkov rolls over . Nitsche still grins and exposes his before paying off his table neighbour, vaulting Vezhenkov from shortest stack to chip leader throughout the last few hands.

Seat 1. Ronald Haverkamp – 6,625,000 (53 bb)
Seat 3. Artem Vezhenkov – 12,075,000 (97 bb)
Seat 4. Dominik Nitsche – 3,800,000 (30 bb)
Seat 5. Supakit Anukoolpitaknil – 6,900,000 (55 bb)
Seat 6. Ankit Ahuja – 8,250,000  66 bb)