02-12-2010 15:15 UTC-12

Timoshenko Going Big or Going Home

donpeters

Timoshenko in action

Yevgeniy Timoshenko knows he has hung on long enough to lock up some good points even despite being on a short stack for a while. He just moved all in for 185,000 holding the {K-Clubs}

{K-Clubs}

{4-Clubs}

and picked up the blinds.

On the next hand, Timoshenko shoved agian for 215,000 with the {J-Diamonds}

{J-Diamonds}

{9-Hearts}

. Phil Laak called this time with the {K-Diamonds}

{K-Diamonds}

{9-Clubs}

.

The flop came down {8-Diamonds}

{8-Diamonds}

{6-Diamonds}

{6-Spades}

and not much was there for Timoshenko. The turn card added the {10-Clubs}

{10-Clubs}

to the felt nd gave Timoshenko some more outs with an open-ended straight draw.

The river completed the draw when the {Q-Diamonds}

{Q-Diamonds}

fell and he doubled up to nearly 450,000 chips.

Tags: Phil Laak Yevgeniy Timoshenko