Hands #59-63: Boika Takes The Chiplead From Karlsson
Hand #59: Mats Karlsson limped in with 
in the small blind and Dmitry Yurasov checked 
. On the 
flop, Karlsson overbet 300,000 and Yurasov folded.
Hand #60: Dmitry Yurasov completed the small blind with 
and Aliaksei Boika checked 
. Yurasov quickly picked it up with a bet on the 
flop.
Hand #61: Aliaksei Boika raised to 225,000 with 
and Mats Karlsson folded his big blind.
Hand #62: Aliaksei Boika picked up 
on the button and raised to 180,000. Dmitry Yurasov defended his big blind with 
.
The 
flop gave Boika a mortal lock on the hand. Yurasov had no intention of getting involved and quickly folded to a 100,000 bet.
Hand #63: On the button, Mats Karlsson raised to 200,000 with 
and Aliaskei Boika defended with 
. Boika fould a pair on 
and checekd. Karlsson bet 300,000 and Boika called.
Boika improved to two pair on the turn. He checked, prompting Karlsson to fire a second barrel of 650,000. Boika wasn't going anywhere and called.
The 
on the river gave Boika the checkmark, but it counterfeited his two pair. Boika checked, which prompted Karlsson to empty the clip with a bet of 900,000.
Boika quickly called and dragged down the massive pot with his pair of kings. With that, Karlsson had to surrender the chiplead for the first time in two days.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,135,000
4,265,000
|
4,265,000 |
|
||
|
5,550,000
-4,015,000
|
-4,015,000 |