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.Alekhin then makes a continuation bet of 56,000, which was enough for Sonnert, who laid down his hand, sending the pot to the man Phil Hellmuth dubbed, 'The Russian.'
2008 World Series of Poker Europe
£10,000 WSOP Europe Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 World Series of Poker Europe
Buy-in
£10,000
Prize Pool
£3,620,000
Entries
362
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
.Alekhin then makes a continuation bet of 56,000, which was enough for Sonnert, who laid down his hand, sending the pot to the man Phil Hellmuth dubbed, 'The Russian.'
. The action is checked to Fischman who bets 12,000, saying "Let's take a stab at it." Bengt Sonnert answers that with a raise to 100,000. Juanda folds, and Demidov reraises to 350,000. Hiltunen and Fischman quickly muck, and Sonnert begins counting down his stack. He eventually mucks and Demidov flashes a 
as he rakes in the pot.
Both players check down a
board to the river, at which point Fischman bets 30,000. Alekhin makes the call and Fischman hesitates before turning over a pocket pair of fives. Much to Fischman's surprise, Alekhin mucks and Scott takes down the pot."That leaves threes and fours," joked Tournament Director Jack Effel.
"Value!" sung Fischman as he raked in his new chips.
. Alekhin checks, Juanda bets 58,000, Demidov calls and Alekhin folds. The turn is the . Juanda bets 115,000 and Demidov calls. The river falls the 
. Juanda bets 110,000. Looking a bit puzzled at the small bet relative to the size of the pot, Demidov tanked for a while before calling. Both players show
and they chop the pot.
before tossing the cards back to the dealer.After Demidov mucked, Alekhin turned over a pocket pair of queens for the whole table to see and the first Russian v. Russian 'battle' ended without bloodshed.
. Demidov checks to Fischman, who bets 20,000. Demidov folds and Fischman wins the pot.
.Sonnert makes a continuation bet of 150,000 on the flop and Alekhin delves deep into the tank, before eventually emerging with a call.
The turn brings the
and Sonnert puts on the brakes, passing the first action to his Russian nemesis, who checks behind.The last card off the deck is the
and another check-check sequence brings us to the showdown:Sonnert:
Alekhin:
Alekhin's pair of fives prove good and the dealer pushes him the pot.
.Hiltunen then fires a continuation bet of 100,000, grabbing two 10-chip stacks of orange 5,000 chips -- one pile in each fist -- and popping them down in front of him. Negreanu folds with little hesitation and Hiltunen scoops up the pot.