Hands #111-114: Gueorgui Gantchev Doubles Through Aaron Van Blarcum

Sep 4, 2019

Gueorgui Gantchev

Hand #111: Both players saw the Spade QSpade 5Diamond 6 flop for the minimum, and Gueorgui Gantchev shoves for roughly 4,500,000 and Aaron Van Blarcum folds.

Hand #112: Aaron Van Blarcum limps the button and Gueorgui Gantchev checks. The Heart QDiamond 3Heart 6Diamond 10Spade 9 board checks through to the river where Gantchev bets 400,000 and Van Blarcum folds.

Hand #113: Gueorgui Gantchev limps and Aaron Van Blarcum checks. The flop lands Club 4Diamond 5Club Q and Gantchev bets 300,000 and Van Blarcum check-calls. The turn is the Heart 4 and Van Blarcum check-calls a bet of 400,000 as the Diamond 7 checks through on the river.

Gantchev tables his Club JHeart J and Van Blarcum mucks.

Gueorgui Gantchev – 5,700,000

Hand #114: Aaron Van Blarcum raises the button to 300,000 and Gueorgui Gantchev calls. The flop lands Heart 5Heart 2Spade 7 and Gantchev check-calls a bet of 400,000.

The turn is the Spade 9 and Gantchev checks. Van Blarcum bets 800,000, and Gantchev check-raises all in for 4,905,000.

“I don’t think I can fold this one,” states Van Blarcum before calling.

Van Blarcum: Heart 8Heart 7
Gantchev: Club 5Club 2

The river lands the Diamond J, and Gantchev scoops the double to take the slight chip lead.

Gueorgui Gantchev – 11,310,000
Aaron Van Blarcum – 9,485,000

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