Dubrovkin and Murillo Clash
Level 3
: 100/200, 25 ante
A huge hand played out between 888Live qualifier Alexey Dubrovkin and David Murillo clashed in a big pot with 20 minutes to go until the first break of Day 1a.
With the board displaying 
, Dubrovkin led for 2,000 and only Murillo called, with the pot of 9,000 in the middle having gone three-way until that point. The river 
saw Dubrovkin bet 3,500 and Murillo thought for a couple of minutes before spinning the call into the middle. Dubrovkin showed 
, good enough for the win as Murillo tossed his cards into the muck at speed, the 
flipping face up for the table to see.
While Dubrovkin looks to have the chip lead in the room with 56,000, Murillo is down to comparative fumes with two-thirds of his starting stack redistributed around the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
56,000 | |
|
|
10,800 |
against Javier Sanchez's 
after the flop came 
. The turn 
completed a 'wheel' straight for both players. As you can imagine, Sanchez was slightly less delighted than Gogniat with the outcome.
led to Francisco Vall making a bet of 800 on the turn from first position, called by Sasa Arifhodzic in the big blind. 
. 
after some thought, was shown Kurko's winning hand of 
. 
, Szaszko made it 650 to continue and was only called by the player in the big blind. The turn of 
saw both players check but on the 
river, Szaszko's bet of 825 got a fold. While Szaszko has stablised, he got off to a tough start and now has over half a starting stack.
to the tune of 225. His heads-up opponent in the hand, Mette Puromaeki, called. 
river. 
and Besnainou grinned ruefully as he showed 
saw Kellner lead out for 775, getting a quick call. On the turn of 
he bet 1,775 and again got a call. But the biggest bet was saved for the river. That fell the 