Pardo, Ponakovs Double Again
Mehdi Chaoui raised to 100,000 under the gun and Juan Pardo called for 88,000 in the cutoff.
Juan Pardo: A♥J♥
Mehdi Chaoui: A♣10♣
Chaoui took the lead on the 10♠7♦8♦ flop with top pair, but the 9♦ turn gave Pardo a straight. The river was the 7♥ and Pardo doubled up.
"You're very good in the five-to-seven big blind range," Kayhan Mokri told him.
Aleksejs Ponakovs then moved all in for 35,000 on the button and Alexander Zubov called in the small blind.
Aleksejs Ponakovs: A♣J♠
Alexander Zubov: 9♣9♥
Ponakovs hit top pair on the J♣3♣10♦ flop, while the rest of the board came 10♣Q♠ and Ponakovs doubled up. "I'll say the same thing to you that I said to him," Mokri said to Ponakovs.