Babakhanyan Falls To Yu

Artem Babakhanyan limped in from early position and Ben Yu called in the small blind, Martin Kozlov checked his option in the big blind. On the flop, Yu checked and Kozlov bet 20,000 into 48,000, which both his opponents called.

After the turn, Yu and Kozlov checked and Babakhanyan made it 90,000 to go with 260,000 behind. Yu check-raised for the size of the pot, making it 378,000 to go, and Kozlov was sent into the think tank. After one minute, Kozlov let go and Babakhanyan now had a decision to make. After checking his stack carefully, the Russian called it off and the cards were tabled.

Artem Babakhanyan:
Ben Yu:

"Do you have a set?" Babakhanyan asked and Yu shrugged his head, he instead had a straight draw and the nut flush draw. The on the river improved Yu to a straight and Babakhanyan was eliminated before the money. One year ago, he made it all the way to the final table in this very event and finished 4th for $379,128.