04-16-2008 18:55 UTC+2

Ilikyan Eventually Finds A Double Up

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Valeriy Ilikyan

Valeriy Ilikyan open-shoved his short stack of 100,000 into the middle and found a customer in Walid Bou Habib.

Habib: {8-Hearts}

{8-Hearts}

{8-Diamonds}

Ilikyan:

{A-Diamonds}

{K-Clubs}

The flop looked good for Ilikyan to double up when it came {A-Hearts}

{A-Hearts}

{2-Diamonds}

{3-Diamonds}

, but amazingly the turn and river came {5-Diamonds}

{5-Diamonds}

{4-Clubs}

and both players play the straight on the board and split the pot!

A few hands later Eric Liu opened with a raise to 30,000 and Ilikyan came over the top once again for just over 100,000 in chips. Liu made the call and flipped {A-Spades}

{A-Spades}

{10-Diamonds}

which held the lead over Ilikyan's {K-Hearts}

{K-Hearts}

{Q-Spades}

.

However that all changed on the flop of {Q-Clubs}

{Q-Clubs}

{Q-Diamonds}

{5-Diamonds}

. The turn of the {5-Hearts}

{5-Hearts}

ended it all, and to rub salt into the wound the river landed {K-Clubs}

{K-Clubs}

to give Ilikyan a full house and a double-up to around 225,000 chips.

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