Ponakovs Picks Up Aces to Double
Level 9
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Artsion Lasouski raised to 6,000 in the hijack and Aleksejs Ponakovs called in the cutoff. Atanas Malinov then three-bet to 26,000 in the big blind and Lasouki folded. Ponakovs, though, moved all in for 40,000 and Malinov snap-called.
Aleksejs Ponakovs: A?A? 
Atanas Malinov: 9?9?
"Very professional short-stack player," Ren Lin said as Ponakovs showed down two aces. The A?5?3? flop gave him top set, while the rest of the board ran out J?2? to earn him a double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
80,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
80,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |