Vogelsang Reads Well, Runs Bad

After earlier action, Majid Noubarian from Iran three-bet preflop to 1,100 on the button. Christoph Vogelsang four-bet to 3,200 from the small blind. Noubarian then five-bet to 8,500, and Vogelsang called.

The flop was , Vogelsang checked, Noubarian bet 5,000, and Vogelsang called.

On the turn, Vogelsang checked a second time, and Noubarian snap-shoved for 40,000. It was effectively for 20,000, Vogelsang's remaining stack. The German went deep in the tank and tried to chat up his opponent.

"If you have the best hand in poker, you win." Vogelsang remarked to a stoic Noubarian. The Iranian didn't respond to Vogelsang's attempts to extract information and stared in front of him. Suddenly, after five minutes of being stared down, he spoke up.

"Flush draw?" asked Noubarian.

"Flush draw? No, I told you what I had," smiled Vogelsang. Even with the slightly less tense atmosphere, the German couldn't decide whether to call off the rest of his stack. After eight minutes of tanking, his tablemates had enough and called the clock on Vogelsang. It took the German thirty more seconds before he smashed one of his chip stacks in the middle.

Majid Noubarian:
Christoph Vogelsang:

As it turned out, it was Vogelsang's opponent who had the flush draw. The German was in great shape to double up, but still needed to dodge an ace or heart to survive. The river, however, was the , completing Noubarian's flush. The Iranian lets out an audible "Yes!" and stacked up Vogelsang's chips, with the latter head-shakingly seeking out his friends at the rail.