Istomin Nearly Doubles on the Bubble
Level 16
: 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Almost all tables were finished with their action except for one and Aleksey Istomin was involved in a bigger pot against Roman Novoselov.
Istomin in the big blind and Novoselov from under the gun created a pot of 140,000 to the 
. Istomin checked and Novoselov bet 110,000, which was almost exactly what Istomin had left.
He eventually made the call and would have had fewer than two big blinds left if he were to lose.
Novoselov tabled 
for a bluff and Istomin scored a vital pot with the 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
450,000
-250,000
|
-250,000 |
|
350,000
160,000
|
160,000 |