Hands #51-#54: Boika And Yurasov Tangle With Karlsson
Hand #51: On the button, Mats Karlsson raised to 130,000 with . Dmitry Yurasov three-bet to 400,000 out of the small blind, holding . Karlsson came along with the call.
The once again paired a worse kicker at this final table, and Karlsson took the lead. Yurasov checked his option, Karlsson bet 350,000, and Yurasov folded.
Hand #52: Dmitry Yurasov made it 130,000 to go with on the button. Mats Karlsson defended his big blind with .
The flop missed both players. Karlsson check-called an 110,000 bet from Yurasov with the best hand. Karlsson checked the on the turn, Yurasov fired a second barrel of 260,000, which got him rid of the Swede.
Hand #53: Mats Karlsson raised to 200,000 with in the small blind. Dmitry Yurasov found in the big blind, but just elected to call.
Karlsson became a 3:1 favorite on the flop and checked, Yurasov checked behind. The on the turn completed the straight for Karlsson, but he opted to check again. Yurasov bet 210,000 and Karlsson simply called.
The on the river paired the board and both players quickly checked. Karlsson showed his straight and Yurasov flung his hand in the muck.
Hand #54: Mats Karlsson made it 130,000 on the button with . Aliaksei Boika defended out of the big blind.
The flop gave Boika top pair and both players checked. The on the turn got checked as well. On the river, Boika bet 360,000, but didn't get value from Karlsson.