Russian Aggression

Ramil Boyazitov from Russia seems to be in an aggressive mood just after his dinner break. On the turn card he splashed some chips into the pot, more than enough to cover his opponent’s stack of 15,000. Phuc Minh Nguyen was that opponent and he checked his cards a few times before deciding not to risk it all on that particular board and folding. Boyazitov seemed to want to show put in the end released his cards to the dealer.

The next hand was opened by Matt Frankland to 1,250 who found a caller in Boyazitov and then, from the small blind, a raise to 3,150 from Dmitriy Kim. The big blind and Frankland folded but Boyazitov made the call to see a flop of . Kim bet 6,500, about half his stack, and called when Boyazitov set him in. Kim’s were in the lead and Boyazitov needed help with his . The turn and river were enough to double up Kim and dent the aggressive Russian’s stack.