Marios Theophanous Wins Big Stack Battle in Blinds

Photo: Marios Theophanous

A sizable pot of approximately 36,000 had been built by the river on a board of with Marios Theophanous checking the small blind to Ioan Abrudan in the big blind.

Theophanous bets 23,500 which after a brief pause gets called by Abrudan.

Theophanous reveals for a flopped set of kings, which prompts Abrudan to toss his cards to the muck.

Both players entered the pot among the chip leaders, but Abrudan now falls out of that distinction with his loss.

Marios Theophanous – 293,000 (146 bb)
Ioan Abrudan – 170,000 (85 bb)