Badziakouski Extends Chip Lead, Little By Little
Under the gun, Aaron Van Blarcum raised to 85,000 with [AhKc], playing a stack of just over a million chips. Over to chip leader Mikita Badziakouski in the cutoff (playing double this stack), who elected to flat with [AdJs], flopping top pair on a heads up [3hJh8d] board. Van Blarcum led out for 75,000, but folded to Badziakouski’s raise to 175,000.
Badziakouski has also picked up a few pots with either preflop uncontested raises or timely flop bets, slowly chipping up so far.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Mikita Badziakouski | 2,265,000 |
700,000  |
| Aaron Van Blarcum | 920,000 |
-325,000  |
