Anatoly Filatov has won a couple small pots. It puts him back in the lead, but the margins are small and the blinds are up to 1,400/2,800. So we expect to see some all-in situations soon.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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56,800
13,800
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13,800 |
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43,200
-13,800
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-13,800 |
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George Danzer recovered from his rough start and just doubled up, to take the chiplead.
Danzer made a minimum raise to 3,200 with 
and Anatoly Filatov called with his 
.
The flop gave Filatov top pair with 
, but he was still behind against Danzer's overpair. Filatov checked, Danzer put out a 3,725 bet.
Filatov tanked for a few moments, before raising all-in. Danzer called all-in for 25,000 effectively. Filatov needed a ten or a king to win this first heat, but the 
-turn and 
gave Danzer the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
57,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
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43,000
-31,000
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-31,000 |
George Danzer just had a rough start in this first heat. Anatoly Filatov won two big pots in the first four hands.
First, Danzer flopped a set with his 
on a 
-board. Filatov had 
and both checked the flop.
Danzer check-raised the turn to 2,575 and Filatov made the call. The river was the 
giving Filatov a higher full house. Danzer put out a bet of 3,125 and called when Filatov raised to 12,939.
On the very next hand. Filatov had 
and was saved again by the river, when the board ran out 
with already 12,000 in the pot.
Danzer had , but folded to the 4,800-bet from Filatov.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
74,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
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26,000
-24,000
|
-24,000 |
|
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The first heat of the second match just started!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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It look like Anatoly Filatov is ready for some action.
[Lets go! pic.twitter.com/9QuYwkJQS0
— Anatoly Filatov (@nl_profit) 21 september 2016
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The second match of the day will kick off in about ten minutes. The players, Anatoly Filatov and George Danzer, are both familiar with winning in this heads-up format.
Filatov is one of the best scoring players in this inaugural Global Poker League season. The Moscow Wolverines player contributed 50 points to the Wolverines total of 130.
In his five heads-up matches he played so far, Filatov scored 24 points. He won two heats against Vanessa Selbst, Jonathan Little and Bryn Kenney. He had to settle for just one win, raking in three points, against Mike Leah and Chance Kornuth.
Even if Filatov fails to score any points today, his team will stay on top of the Eurasia conference standings. They have a 17-point lead on the London Royals and Hong Kong Stars.
Danzer will try some costly points for the Paris Aviators. After Timothy Adams sweep moments ago, they are now in fifth place with 108 points.
Danzer himself is familiar with sweeps, he scored the maximum nine points earlier this season against Igor Kurganov. In his second, and final heads-up so far, he only score three points against Mustapha Kanit.
Next up is Anatoly Filatov of the Moscow Wolverines. His opponent is George Danzer of the Paris Aviators.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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Paris Aviators vs. Moscow Wolverines
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