Paul Phua raised to 50,000 from the button and Chris Brewer three-bet shoved from the small blind. Mikita Badziakouski moved in with his last 205,000 from the big blind and Phua got out of the way. Action was heads-up with Badziakouski at risk.
Mikita Badziakouski:
Chris Brewer:
The board ran out and Badziakouski held on to make a flush to double through Brewer and stay alive.
In the latest PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway and Jesse Fullen discuss their recent road trip across the Lone Star State as a part of PokerNews' Texas Week, which you can read about in full here.
Along with senior writer Jon Sofen, the trio spent six days traveling to 26 different poker rooms in Houston, Austin, Odessa, Midland, Fort Worth, Dallas, and College Station. They also swung by Doyle Brunson's hometown of Longworth as well as Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, where "Texas Dolly" attended college and excelled at both basketball and track.
In addition to exploring rooms such as Texas Card House, The Lodge (where they touched base with Doug Polk), KoJack's, Red Star Social, Shuffle 214, Wautauga Social Lounge, Poker House Dallas, and Game On Social, the crew also stopped by some historical poker sites, such as the graves of Poker Hall of Famers Jack "Treetop" Straus and Johnny Moss.
The Texas poker market has grown leaps and bounds over the past five years, and if you've ever wanted a glimpse into what it's like, this week's episode is for you!
Elton Tsang raised to 50,000 from the cutoff and Michael Soyza called from the button. The blinds got out of the way and the flop was .
Tsang bet 60,000 and Soyza went into the tank. After a few moments of thought, he emerged with a raise to 200,000. Tsang thought it over but didn't waste much time in getting away from it and Soyza dragged a pot to move to 1,000,000 chips on Day 2.