Hands #35-37: Igor Yaroshevskyy Doubles Thru Peter Tran

Hand #35  –  Edward Ochana raises from the cutoff to 65,000, and Peter Neff calls from the big blind. The flop comes 652, Neff checks, Ochana bets 90,000, and Neff check-raises to 255,000. Ochana calls. The turn is the 2, Neff checks, Ochana bets 230,000, and Neff calls.

The river card is the 10, and both players check. Neff shows Q6 to win the pot with two pair, sixes and deuces, and Ochana mucks.

Hand #36  –  Igor Yaroshevskyy min-raises from middle position to 60,000, Peter Tran reraises from the button to 160,000, and Yaroshevskyy folds. Tran takes the pot.

Hand #37  –  Igor Yaroshevskyy (pictured) min-raises UTG+1 to 60,000, Edward Ochana calls from middle position, Peter Tran calls from the cutoff, Mike Leah calls from the small blind, and Anthony Zinno calls from the big blind.

All five players see a flop of Q95, and it checks to Yaroshevskyy, who bets 200,000. Everyone but Tran folds.

The turn is the 9, Yaroshevskyy checks, Tran bets 300,000, and Yaroshevskyy calls.

The river is the 6, Yaroshevskyy bets 265,000, Tran moves all in, and Yaroshevskyy snap-calls all in for 1,165,000. Tran shows J10 (jack high), but Yaroshevskyy turns over QQ to win the pot with a full house, queens full of nines.

Igor Yaroshevskyy  –  3,650,000  (121 bb)
Peter Tran  –  2,325,000  (77 bb)

With that pot, Igor Yaroshevskyy takes the chip lead away from Peter Tran for the first time in a couple days.