Here Comes Katchalov

Eugene Katchalov has just gotten himself out of the basement.
The pot began with Saar Wilf opening to 125,000, and Katchalov three-bet shoved for about 650,000 total. When it folded back to Wilf, he spent a long while considering, probably not really wanting to grant the dangerous Ukrainian an easy double. After a quick conversation with himself, though, Wilf put in the call, and Katchalov was at risk of elimination. He was in fine shape, though.
Showdown
Wilf:
Katchalov:
The board ran out safe for Katchalov, and he faded the gutterball as the board came running
. No longer the shortest stack now, the Team PokerStars Pro has found his double to climb back to about 1.4 million.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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6,000,000
-700,000
|
-700,000 |
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1,400,000
710,000
|
710,000 |