Hands #36-40: Timofeev Takes a Commanding Lead

Hand 36: Denis Timofeev completed from the small blind with . Jonathan Abdellatif was in the big blind with and raised to 140,000. Timofeev called.

The flop came and Timofeev checked. Abdellatif bet 175,000 and Timofeev called. The turn was the and Timofeev led out for 275,000. Abdellatif called. The river was the and Timofeev led out for 550,000. Abdellatif called, sending Timofeev a massive pot to put his stack at 5,150,000 for about half of the chips in play.

Hand 37: Kenneth Smaron raised to 85,000 from under the gun with . Harpreet Gill was in the big blind with and decided to defend. The flop came and both players checked to the turn, which was the . Gill led out for 110,000 and Smaron folded.

Hand 38: Denis Timofeev raised to 80,000 from under the gun with . Harpreet Gill was in the small blind and defended with .

The flop came and Gill checked. Timofeev bet 60,000 and Gill quickly called. The turn was the and Gill checked again. Timofeev bet 225,000 and Gill folded.

Hand 39: Jonathan Abdellatif raised to 100,000 from under the gun with . Harpreet Gill was on the button and moved all in for 780,000 with . Abdellatif folded.

Hand 40: Kenneth Smaron was on the button and raised to 85,000 with . Denis Timofeev was in the small blind with and three-bet to 260,000. Smaron called.

The flop came and both players checked to the turn, which was the . Timofeev checked again, and Smaron bet 280,000. Timofeev called. The river was the . Timofeev checked for a third time, and Smaron bet 690,000. Timofeev tanked for about two minutes and then folded.