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Ole "wizowizo" Schemion min-raised the button and got calls from Wiktor "limitless" Malinowski in the small blind and "megaliciou$$$" in the big blind.
It checked around to Schemion after the came on the flop and he bet 320,000. "megaliciou$$$" called and Malinowski folded.
"megaliciou$$$" then bet 640,000 after the put trips on the board on the turn. Schemion made it 1,420,000 and "megaliciou$$$" called.
The completed the board on the river to put three diamonds on the board. "megaliciou$$$" bet 1,350,360 and won the pot after Schemion folded.