Photo: Bohdan Slyvinskyi

Bohdan Slyvinskyi opened for 10,000 from the button and inaugural Spade Poker Champion Merritt Kuhn defended his big blind to see a flop.

Kuhn then check-called a 7,000 continuation bet from Slyvinskyi, and the dealer turned the .

This time, Kuhn check-jammed after Slyvinskyi fired out a 10,000 bet, and Slyvinskyi snapped off his 50,000 stack.

Bohdan Slyvinskyi:
Merritt Kuhn:

Slyvinskyi rolled over the higher straight and faded the river to collect a double-up.

Merritt Kuhn - 174,000
Bohdan Slyvinskyi - 153,000