Final Ten Players: Chrishan Sivasundaram Picking Up Steam

Feb 24, 2017

Hand #6 – Andrew Chen raises to 90,000 from middle position, winning the blinds and antes.

Hand #7 – Kristen Bicknell raises to 80,000 from under the gun and Ron Laplante reraises to 150,000 behind her. Bicknell calls and they go heads-up to a flop of Heart 7Club 7Diamond 2. Bicknell checks, Laplante bets 125,000, Bicknell folds, and Laplante takes the pot.

Ron Laplante – 1,600,000 (40 bb)
Kristen Bicknell – 1,550,000 (39 bb)

Hand #8 – Jean-Christophe Ferreira completes the small blind and Kristen Bicknell raises to 125,000 out of the big blind. Ferreira folds and Bicknell takes the pot.

Hand #9 – Chrishan Sivasundaram raises to 85,000 from middle position and Ron Laplante calls in the big blind. The flop comes Club 8Diamond 5Spade 4 and both players check.

The turn is the Club 5. Laplante checks, Sivasundaram bets 95,000, and Laplante calls.

The river is the Club 4. Laplante bets 175,000 and Sivasundaram calls.  Laplante shows Heart KDiamond Q and Sivasundaram takes the pot with Club 9Spade 9 for a pair of nines.

Chrishan Sivasundaram  – 1,200,000 (30 bb)
Ron Laplante – 2,250,000 (56 bb)

Hand #10 – Darren Elias raises to 85,000 from under the gun and Chrishan Sivasundaram reraises to 205,000 from middle position. Elias calls and they go heads-up to a flop of Diamond 10Heart 6Diamond 4. Elias checks, Sivasundaram bets 135,000, and Elias calls. Both players check the Spade 9 on the turn, then the river brings the Spade K.

Elias checks, Sivasundaram bets 215,000, Elias folds, and Sivasundaram takes another pot.

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