Hands #9-10: Hajiyev Wins With Nines
N��vel 18
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Hand #9: [Removed:17] opened to 25,000 from the cutoff with , taking down the blinds and antes.
Hand #10: Under the gun, Ramin Hajiyev picked up and raised to 23,000. Oleksii Khoroshenin had in the small blind and elected to peel a flop.
The flop was and Khoroshenin checked. Hajiyev continued with 28,000 and Khoroshenin called. The turn brought the and Khoroshenin checked. Hajiyev quickly checked behind.
The river paired the board with the and both players checked again, giving Hajiyev the winner with a pair of nines.