Hands #124-131: Andrejevic Increases His Lead

Hand #124: Andjelko Andrejevic received a walk.

Hand #125: Another walk for Andjelko Andrejevic.

Hand #126: Tomas Fara raised with to 375,000 and Andjelko Andrejevic three-bet with to 850,000. After a while, Fara folded and Andrejevic picked up the pot.

Hand 127: Andrejevic raised with pocket nines to 325,000 and got a fold from Fara.

Hand 128: Fara raised to 350,000 with and Andrejevic called with . The flop came and Fara was checked to. He bet 375,000 and Andrejevic raised to 850,000. Fara, with top pair but a worse kicker, had a massive decision to make, with just a 16.6% chance of winning the hand. He made the call.

On the turn of , Fara gained an open-ended straight draw and when Andrejevic bet 750,000, he called again. The river card put four diamonds on the board, but neither had a diamond. Both players checked it down, and Andrejevic won a big pot of 3.95m. Could that give him the crucial impetus in this heads-up duel? He’s now exactly 3:1 up in terms of chip counts.

Hand 129: Andre calls with Fara moved all-in with for 15 big blinds, and it got through.

Hand 130: Fara called with where his action looked as strong as a raise, but when Andrejevic did raise, and all-in, with , Fara folded. A quick chat after the hand between the two of them confirms that Fara’s original thought was for a raise, but he didn’t put enough chips in for it to represent that.

Hand 131: Andrejevic shoved all-in with and a very quick fold from Fara meant that the Serbian’s 3:1 chip lead was intact again.