"pay4medsch00l" Starting Strong
In Level 27 with blinds of 18,000/36,000 and an ante of 4,500, "pay4medsch00l" has begun the heads-up match with a quick couple of pots. The first pot came on one of the very first hands of the match and saw them increase their stack to around 2 million.
A few hands later, there was 189,000 in the middle going to a board of 
and "Borgatcha" checked in the big blind. "pay4medsch00l" bet 75,000 on the button and "Borgatcha" check-raised to 238,000. "pay4medsch00l" called.
Action checked through the river 
to take the hand to showdown, where "Borgatcha" showed 
for a pair of deuces and saw the pot shipped to "pay4medsch00l", who tabled 
for a pair of nines.
With the pot, "pay4medsch00l" is less than 10 big blinds away from taking the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,852,747
-858,951
|
-858,951 |
|
|
2,397,253
858,951
|
858,951 |