The Mattern-er Prize
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Mikhail Smirnov raised preflop to 4,500 with Nicolas Dervaux and Arnaud Mattern making the call in middle position and on the button respectively.
The flop came 
and Smirnov bet out 15,000, Dervaux moved all-in for 24,600 and then Mattern reshoved for 143,000. Smirnov tanked for a good five minutes, getting the clock called on him, finally he made the call to mean the pot was over 300,000 in size.
Dervaux: 
Smirnov: 
Mattern: 
THe turn was the 
and the river the 
, the usually stoic and unresponsive Mattern allowed himself a fist pump for once as he raked what is probably the biggest pot in the tournament so far. Mattern up to about 360,000 as a result but Smirnov drops to about 140,000