Kicker Plays Between Mikita Badziakouski and Jason Koon

Sep 22, 2020

Mikita Badziakouski has Spade ASpade 10 and min-raises the button, with Jason Koon defending Diamond 10Spade 7. Both player flop two pair on the Diamond 3Club 10Spade 3 board and it is looking likely that Koon will lose some chips here.

He check-calls an 80,000 bet at this point, then another 360,000 on the Club 9 turn. The river pairs the board again, giving both players a better two pair. Badziakouski has the top kicker and goes for another street of value, with Koon check-calling a third time for 640,000.

That pot sees Badziakouski’s stack grow to 70 per cent of the total in play.

Mikita Badziakouski – 13.8 million
Jason Koon – 2.9 million

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