Istomin Busts Speranza; MacIntyre Takes from Huntly
Level 9
: 1,600/3,200, 400 ante
Aleksei Istomin raised to 6,500 and called the shove of Simone Speranza for 38,900.
Aleksei Istomin: ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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and Istomin turned the nut straight to bust Speranza.
In the last hand of the level, Gordon Huntly and Fraser MacIntyre saw the ![]()
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turn and Huntly bet 21,000 in the small blind. MacIntyre called from early position and did so again for 35,000 on the
river. Huntly showed ![]()
for top two, but MacIntyre had that beat with ![]()
for a turned set.
"That's not good for the Scottish relationship," MacIntyre joked to his fellow countryman.