Level 19: 5,000/10,000 (10,000)
Entries: 25/328
Aligirdas Saveikis occasionally plays cash games with this author where we live in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius. Lately, he has been having a strong showing in tournaments and has been on fire during Level 18 of the Main Event.
Tuomas Röppänen three-bet jammed for 126,000 from the big blind and Saveikis called from under the gun.
Tuomas Röppänen: 4 4
Algirdas Saveikis: K Q
Saveikis won the flip with a king-high flush and terminated the tournament life of yet another player after the A 3 2 A 8 ran out on the board. Saveikis appeared to take the chip lead after winning the pot.
Algirdas Saveikis - 1,150,000
Tuomas Röppänen - 0