Experience Pays for Troyanovskiy
There was an under-the-gun raise when Farid Jattin three-bet to 35,000 from the small blind. Vladimir Troyanovskiy in the big blind smooth called and the original raiser got out of the way.
The flop was 
and Troyanovskiy called a bet of just over 30,000 from Jattin. The turn card was the 
and Jattin thought for a bit before betting 65,000. Troyanovskiy gave him a long hard look and made the call again.
The river was the 
. Again Jattin took his time before betting 79,000 which was nearly half his remaining stack. It was now a big pot and if Troyanovskiy got it wrong he would slip down the pack.
He took a couple of minutes to think about it but eventually made the call. Jattin tapped the table in surrender but had to turn over his cards, 
. Troyanovskiy tabled 
.
“Good call.” said one of the other players at the table.
“Experience.” said Troyanovskiy with a slight smile.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
680,000
229,500
|
229,500 |
|
80,000
98,000
|
98,000 |