Vladimir Troyanovskiy limped in from the small blind and Eugene Katchalov raised to 60,000, Troyanovskiy called. On the flop, both players checked. Troyanovskiy also checked the turn and folded to a delayed continuation bet of Katchalov, who had bet 80,000.
Katchalov then stole the big blind of short stack Tomas Soderstrom, who was reduced to all but ten big blinds as a result.
Down to around 10 big blinds, Tomas Soderstrom moved all in from the button and Vladimir Troyanovskiy called in the small blind, Eugene Katchalov gave up his big blind.
Tomas Soderstrom:
Vladimir Troyanovskiy:
The flop of was bad news for Soderstrom, as he needed a runner runner miracle. It was officially over on the turn, making the river a formality. The Swede takes home €26,920 for his efforts.
With very similar stacks, both Eugene Katchalov and Vladimir Troyanovskiy asked for the clock to be stopped to look into ICM numbers and leave €2,000 as well as the trophy on the side to be played for. Below are the updated counts with 11 minutes left in the current level.
In the first hand of heads up, Vladimir Troyanovskiy raised to 42,000 and Eugene Katchalov three-bet to 140,000, which ended the hand right there.
One hand later, Katchalov raised to 40,000 and Troyanovskiy three-bet to 140,000. Katchalov called and the duo checked down the board of entirely. Troyanovskiy flipped over and Katchalov grinned before sending his cards into the muck.
Vladimir Troyanovskiy continued the early domination in this heads up match, taking down several min-raised pots. Troyanovskiy set a continuation bet for 40,000 on a flop of and Eugene Katchalov folded. The next hand, Katchalov raised to 40,000 and folded when facing a three-bet to 100,000.
One hand further, Katchalov defended to see a flop of . Katchalov checked, Troyanovskiy bet 40,000 and that ended the hand right there.
Eugene Katchalov had a rivered pair of aces paid off by Vladimir Troyanovskiy on a board of and that kicked off a series of small hands that vaulted him back into the lead.
Katchalov bet the flop for 40,000 and Troyanovskiy check-called before then check-folding the turn when facing a second bet worth 100,000.
One hand later, Troyanovskiy raised to 50,000 and Katchalov called. On the flop, the action went check, check. Katchalov's bet of 50,000 on the turn was called before another bet of 150,000 on the river then did the trick to force a fold from Troyanovskiy.
Vladimir Troyanovskiy raised to 50,000 and Eugene Katchalov called. On the flop, both players checked and Katchalov chec-folded the turn to a bet of 62,000 by Troyanovskiy.
One hand later, Katchalov made it 50,000 to go and Troyanovskiy called. The Russian check-folded the flop before opening to 50,000 again right after. Katchalov called and the board of was checked through entirely. Katchalov showed and that won the pot.
Eugene Katchalov raised to 50,000 and Vladimir Troyanovskiy three-bet to 155,000. Katchalov gave it some consideration and called to see the flop fall . Troyanovskiy continued for 100,000 and was called before moving all in after the turn. The shove was for around 515,000 and Katchalov quickly folded.
flop, both players checked. Troyanovskiy also checked the 
turn and folded to a delayed continuation bet of Katchalov, who had bet 80,000.
was bad news for Soderstrom, as he needed a runner runner miracle. It was officially over on the 
river a formality. The Swede takes home €26,920 for his efforts.
entirely. Troyanovskiy flipped over 
and Katchalov grinned before sending his cards into the muck.
and Eugene Katchalov folded. The next hand, Katchalov raised to 40,000 and folded when facing a three-bet to 100,000.
. Katchalov checked, Troyanovskiy bet 40,000 and that ended the hand right there.
and that kicked off a series of small hands that vaulted him back into the lead.
flop, the action went check, check. Katchalov's bet of 50,000 on the 
turn to a bet of 62,000 by Troyanovskiy.
flop before opening to 50,000 again right after. Katchalov called and the board of 
. Troyanovskiy continued for 100,000 and was called before moving all in after the