Matakis Extends the Lead
Level 19
: 5,000/10,000, 5,000 ante
Ian Matakis opened his small blind to 25,000 and Jeff Petronack defended. The two went to a flop of 
and Petronack check-called a continuation-bet of 18,000 from Matakis.
Action on the turn 
went check-check to bring the river 
. Petronack cut out 65,000 in front of him into two stacks of five T5,000 chips with three more on top of them and then slid the bet forward. Matakis called.
Petronack flung his cards face-down into the center of the table upon being called and Matakis did the same, winning the pot at showdown without needing to show his cards to do so. With the pot, Matakis now has over 75 percent of the chips in play as the match continues.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
635,000
168,000
|
168,000 |
|
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|
205,000
-168,000
|
-168,000 |