Hands #101-105: Heath Creates Some Distance
Hand #101: With the new level of 80,000/160,000 in effect, Andrew Lichtenberger made it 375,000 to go. Big blind Sam Soverel called and the two saw a flop of 
that went check-check. The 
hit the turn and Soverel took down the pot with a bet of 250,000.
Hand #102: Ben Heath opened the action for 360,000 and took down the blinds and ante.
Hand #103: In a battle of the blinds, Dmitry Yurasov raised to 480,000 from the small. Lichtenberger called from the big. On a flop of 
, Yurasov bet 400,000. Lichtenberger called to grow the pot to 1.92 million.
The 
hit the turn and Yurasov, a seasoned online player with a ton of live experience too, checked. Lichtenberger, of who we could say the same, checked behind. The 
completed the board and Yurasov checked. Lichtenberger bet 800,000 and Yurasov eventually called. Lichtenberger showed 
and Yurasov mucked.
Hand #104: Ben Heath received a walk in the big blind; no action so he could grab back his big blind and big blind ante, and got the small blind as a present.
Hand #105: Lichtenberger raised his button to 375,000 and Heath three-bet to 1.5 million from the small blind. Soverel gave up his big blind, Lichtenberger called.
On 
, Heath bet 1,130,000 and Lichtenberger called to grow the pot to 5,570,000. The 
on the turn paired the board and Heath checked. Lichtenberger opted to check behind.
The 
completed the board and Heath bet 1,480,000. Lichtenberger scratched his head and eventually folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
15,400,000
3,300,000
|
3,300,000 |
|
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|
6,200,000
-1,400,000
|
-1,400,000 |
|
|
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|
6,200,000
-2,000,000
|
-2,000,000 |
|
||
|
5,100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
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