Rybin Can’t Win ‘Em All

Bernard Samaha bet 16,000 from the small blind and was raised by Alexey Rybin to 46,000. Smaha reached for chips and four-bet Rybin to 120,000. Rybin flicked his cards face up as a fold showing . Samha showed his .

A few hands later Samaha bet 18,000 from the cut-off and was called by Rybin on the button and Andrei Nikonov in the small blind. Jerfi Ferati folded his big blind and the three players saw a flop of . All three players checked and the turn came the . Nikonov led from the small blind for 33,000 and Samaha called.

Rybin, next to act, had a mountain of chips and could do anything he wanted, so he did what he likes to do best and raised; a bet of 125,000. Nikonov made the call but it was too rich for Samaha who quickly got out of the way. The river was the . When Nikonov checked it, it was all the invitation that Rybin needed and he pushed out a bet of 200,000. Nikonov sprung the trap and moved all in for not a whole lot more. Rybin flicked his cards away, he couldn’t call.

Not long after Rybin paid off Samaha’s small river value bet and got shown Samaha’s quad fours.