Soshnikov Regains the Lead
Level 9
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
In a battle of the blinds, Ivan Soshnikov and Mike Leah went to the flop of 
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and the Russian fired 25,000 out of the small blind. Leah called and repeated the very same on the 
turn for 56,000. The river brought the 
and the final barrel of the start-of-the-day chip leader was a big one: 140,000.
Leah stared at his opponent for a while and eventually made the call only to muck when Soshnikov showed him the 
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for an overpair to the board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,200,000
295,000
|
295,000 |
|
305,000
-220,000
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-220,000 |