Lykov Having None of It
, and Max Lykov checked. His lone opponent, Vitaly Tolokonnikov fired out a small bet, and Lykov came right along with the call.The turn card was the
, and Lykov would check-call another bet, 56,000 this time. The river came the 
, and Max tapped the felt again. Tolokonnikov smoothly counted out a bet of 160,000 and shoved it forward, sending his opponent deep into the tank as the EPT commentators argued back and forth about which player had ace-queen and which player had ace-king. After a long pause and some careful consideration, Lykov put in the call.Tolokonnikov turned over
for the three-barrel bluff, and Lykov had to be proud as he turned over 
, astoundingly calling his fellow Russian down the whole way with just king high. That high card is the winner, sending a very nice pot across the felt in his direction.