Puchkov Rivered by Plesuv
Level 27
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Morten Mortensen opened to 140,000 from the cut off, and was called by Konstantin Puchkov on the button. In the next seat, Pavel Plesuv shoved from the small blind for 1,120,000 and was only called by Puchkov.
Pavel Plesuv: 
Konstantin Puchkov: 
The flop of 
was safe enough for Puchkov, as was the 
turn, but the 
river gave Plesuv a double-up and robbed Puchkov of a huge pot of 2.4m.
Regular readers may note that Puchkov was the player who managed to spike a nine on the turn to cripple Norbert Berent yesterday, when Berent had jacks and Puchkov had pocket nines. He's just discovered that being on the other side of that situation tastes pretty bad.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,400,000 | 1,100,000 |
|
1,650,000 | -1,125,000 |