Budac Gets Aggressive With a Baby Pair
Level 1
: Blinds 100/300, 300 ante
Three-handed on a flop of 9?3?2?, Michael Armstrong bet 2,000 from the button before Stepan Budac raised to 5,400 in the big blind. Merab Meladze folded in the hijack, but Armstrong called.
The turn came the Q? and Budac bet 16,000. Armstrong again called and the K? fell on the river.
Budac checked this time, and Armstrong checked back. Budac showed 4?4? and Armstrong turned over J?J? to take the pot.
Meladze is currently sitting on a stack of 170,000, most of which came in a big encounter against Cristi Grecu. "Five-bet pot, aces versus ace-queen. Ace-queen made a flush," tablemate Alex Peffly said.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
170,000 | |
|
140,000 | |
|
50,000 | |
|
6,000 |