Katchalov Catching Fire

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Play has started here in the Amazon room with everyone pursuing that dream of winning a bracelet. Eugene Katchalov who's no stranger to pressure showed no sign of slowing down and we found him playing one of the first hands of the day.

We don't know exactly what the action was preflop, but Katchalov was heads up with Ryan Leng. From the size of the pot we know there was a raise and a call preflop, but we don't know for sure who did what. With a {9-Spades} {7-Spades} {7-Hearts} flop Katchalov checked in the cut off, and his opponent on the button fired off 5,200. Katchlov fairly quickly made the call and both players got to see a turn.

With a {k-Clubs} landing on fourth street Katchalov again checked. Leng continued his aggression with a 8,500 bet which was again quickly called by Katchalov.

A river {5-Spades} slowed down the action as both players opted to check. Katchalov then flipped over {9-Diamonds} {9-Hearts} for a set of nines, which was seemingly good enough to take the pot seeing as his opponent threw his cards in the muck.