Papazian Doubles Into Commanding Lead

Level 32
: 125,000/250,000, 25,000 ante
The stack of Alexandros Kolonias has been reduced to all but five big blinds. Alexandru Papazian limped in and Kolonias then shoved, giving Papazian a decision to make. The Romanian eventually called it off for just under five million chips and now he was at risk for the first time in heads up.
Papazian:
Kolonias:
The flop paired the ace for Papazian and he locked up the double on the
turn, making the
a formality. Papazian doubled for 4.93 million to leave Kolonias extremely short.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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10,360,000
5,210,000
|
5,210,000 |
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1,190,000
-5,210,000
|
-5,210,000 |