Ilya Gorodetskiy, editor of Pokernews UK & Europe magazine, opened with a cheeky raise, holding pocket tens. Jean Goncalves called behind, but Evgeniy Zaytsev in the small blind reraised. Gorodetskiy passed his tens ("I knew I was right," he said afterwards), but Goncalves made the call, and they saw a flop.
Flop:
Zaytsev bet out, and again Goncalves called. They proceeded.
Turn:
There was around 30,000 in the pot by this point. Zaytsev moved all in for 25,000. Goncalves called.
Zaytsev:
Goncalves:
River:
A very relieved Zaytsev doubled to 80,000 - as far as we can see, that's the biggest stack in the room right now. Goncalves is still in, on 15,000.
board, Chaz Chattha still holding cards and looking very intense, the action on his opponent across the table. Deduction: Chattha had made a very large river bet of some sort. Eventually his opponent folded, and, making a noise a little like, "PFFFFFFF," Chattha showed him
board. He checked the