Akimov Finds a Miracle on the River
Ekrem Bozkurt raised to 65,000 in the cutoff before Baurzhan Akimov three-bet to 210,000 in the small blind. Bozkurt then moved all in, and Akimov pretended to push his stack forward but ultimately mucked.
Bozkurt thought Akimov had called and went to turn over his cards before it was pointed out Akimov had folded. "I had King Kong," Bozkurt said.
"He decided to take it easy and only have kings this time," Richard Green added.
The next hand, Thomas Boivin raised to 60,000 in the hijack and Akimov shoved for 710,000 from the cutoff for real this time. Boivin snap-called once action got back to him.
Baurzhan Akimov: 8♦8♠ 
Thomas Boivin: A♣K♦
Akiimov remained in the lead on the 2♦5♥9♦ flop, but Boivin hit the A♦ on the turn to make top pair. Akimov was left with just two outs to survive going to the river, and he found one of them on the 8♣ to make a set and double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,600,000 | |
|
2,200,000
470,000
|
470,000 |
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|
1,450,000
480,000
|
480,000 |