Hands #56-60: Filatov Catches Khodorenko Bluffing

Hand #56: Viktor Khodorenko raised to 7 million with first to act and Anatoly Filatov called from one seat over with . Andrey Malyshev in the big blind looked down at and raised to 27 million, which almost instantly forced a fold from Khodorenko. Filatov stared at his opponent for a bit and also sent his cards into the muck.

Hand #57: Filatov raised to 7 million from the cutoff with and Gor Kazaryan on the button called with just the showing, as did Khodorenko with in the big blind. The trio checked the flop and the turn triggered a bet of 11 million, Filatov was having none of it and quickly called while Kazaryan folded.

The fell on the river and Khodorenko made it 18 million and Filatov looked him up to establish a big gap between the two players.

Hand #58: Gor Kazaryan raised to 7 million with and found no customers.

Hand #59: First to act, Kazaryan raised to 9 million with and Filatov called in the big blind with . The flop fell and Filatov checked before calling a bet of 11 million by Kazaryan. Filatov also checked the turn with Kazaryan checking behind.

On the river, both players checked and Kazaryan won the pot.

Hand #60: Khodorenko raised to 7 million with in the cutoff and Alexey Melnikov three-bet to 19 million on the button with . Khodorenko called and the flop brought . Khodorenko checked and Melnikov bet 17 million, which prompted his opponent to give him a stare down. Khodorenko, however, called and the turn was checked by both.