Rauno Tahvonen Soars
Level 15
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Local Estonian player Rauno Tahvonen started the day as one of the lower stacks with 39,000. He is now among the chip leaders with a much bigger stack of 130,000.
In a recent hand, Tahvonen raised the action and Andrey Belokopytov called from the big bind. Tahvonen checked on the 
flop before he called a bet of 7,500 from his opponent.
Tahvonen check-called on the turn, this time for 15,000 with about another 25,000 chips still in his stack. When the 
hit the river, Tahvonen check-called for 15,000 again and turned over 
for top-pair beating Belokopytov who didn't complete his gut-shot straight holding 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
130,000
72,000
|
72,000 |
|
34,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |