Roman Rises to the Top
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The diminuitive Russian Roman Makhlin qualified for this event through a PokerStars Satellite and it is turning into a pretty impressive investment.
He has just found himself all-in against Stephane Albertini pre flop. Albertini had a stack in the region of 145,000 when all the chips went into the middle and Makhlin had him well covered.
Albertini: 
Makhlin: 
Makhlin needed an Ace to overtake Albertini and the Dealer provided him with two of them on a flop of 
. The turn 
and river 
was not enough to save Albertini and he was eliminated from the tournament.
Makhlin on the other hand becomes our new chip leader