Silin and Alioto Flip for It All
Level 4
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Oleg Silin raised ot 6,000 in the cutoff, and Piero Alioto responded with a three-bet to 16,000 on the button. It folded back to Silin, who four-bet to 50,000.
Alioto had the last word with a five-bet jam, and Silin called off his stack of 297,000.
Oleg Silin: A♥Q♥
Piero Alioto: 9♥9♦
Silin paired on the Q♣7♦8♠ flop for a big lead. Alioto turned an open-ender on the 10♠, but the A♠ river upgraded Silin to two pair, earning him the massive pot.