Straight for Kovalenka

OlyBet Showdown Vilnius Championship
Level 14:1,000/2,500/2,500
Entries:53/159
Prizes:€75,525

With 44,000 in the middle on a completed board of A72810, Tomas Kovalenka checked from the big blind to Teemu Salminen in the cutoff, who fired out a bet of 24,000.

Kovalenka responded with a check-jam of 155,000, sending Salminen into a world of pain.

“Why so big? It can only be a bluff right?”, said Salminen was he sat pondering the position. Eventually he said “I can’t fold this”, and made the call, with around 245,000 behind.

Kovalenka tabled J9 for the runner-runner straight, and Salminen mucked with frustration, his A7 for a flopped two pair being retrieved from the muck.

Tomas Kovalenka – 354,000
Teemu Salminen – 90,000

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