Zaichenko Doubles Through Collopy
Level 26
: 50,000/100,000, 0 ante
Stud Hi-Lo
Andrey Zaichenko had the bring-in and Denis Strebkov completed and Brian Hastings called. Jim Collopy raised, and Zaichenko made it three bets to go.
Strebkov and Hastings folded, and Collopy called. On fourth, Collopy bet 50,000 and Zaichenko raised all in for his 90,000 total. Each player's board ran out as follows:
Zaichenko: 
/ 
/ 
Strebkov: 
/ 
(folded on third)
Hastings: / 
(folded on third)
Collopy: 
/ 
/ 
Zaichenko improved to a pair of queens and Collopy could only muster a pair of fours, and Zaichenko doubled through.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,500,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
||
|
1,160,000
-80,000
|
-80,000 |
|
||
|
955,000
-195,000
|
-195,000 |
|
|
||
|
670,000
598,000
|
598,000 |
|
||
|
640,000
270,000
|
270,000 |
|
|
||
|
515,000
-355,000
|
-355,000 |
|
||
|
315,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
|
275,000
-195,000
|
-195,000 |
, showing that he'd started with split queens.
(fold)
(fold)
/ 
/ 
/ 
, Brian Hastings called with a 
, and Andrey Zaichenko called with a 
.
/ 
board and Puchkov check-called both bets. The river was checked by both players.
and Collopy said, "Jesus, you win?" 
for the nut low and the ace-high flush.