Varlamov Runs Aces into Quads

We spotted Dmitry Varlamov on his own, far away from the table he was playing at. We approached him and asked him what had happened.

Varlamov told us that someone in middle position opened for 1,500 en the small blind had made the call. With pocket aces Varlamov squeezed from the big blind to 4,000. The initial raiser folded, the small blind made the call.

The flop came and the small blind check called Varlamov's continuation bet. The turn was another and the small blind checked once more. Varlamov moved all in and was quickly called. The small blind had for quads and Varlamov was drawing dead with his (over) pair of aces. The river was of no importance and Varlamov had to leave the table.