The Fall & Fall of Rybachenko

Disconnectivity has caused a delay in this report, but I can tell you that within the last couple of rounds, Sergey Rybachenko has gone from chip leader to short stack with just 380,000 lying on the felt before him.

The biggest hit came courtesy of neighbour Jason Young. With the board reading {8-Clubs}

, Rybachenko check-raised Young's 55,000 bet to a total of 125,000. Young smooth called.

On the {3-Spades}

turn, Rybachenko bet out 250,000 and Young insta-called.

Then, on the {8-Spades}

river, Rybachenko blasted out a 600-700,000 bet which, again, Young insta-called.

Rybachenko mucked before even looking at Young's {A-Hearts}

.

Several hands later and it got even worse for the Russian, Mike Schwartz raising it up to 126,000 preflop, Rybachenko calling and Rory Monahan bumping it up to 326,000.

Although tempted, Schwartz eventually folded, only for Rybachenko to make a surprise call.

On the {10-Diamonds}

, the chips couldn't hit the middle fast enough, Rybachenko's top pair with {Q-Spades}

in deep trouble against the dominant pocket rockets of Monahan. An ace on the flop, followed by a non-Broadway blank on the river meant that Monahan had received a much-need double through, whilst Rybachenko had seen his stack slip even further.

Tags: Mike Schwarz Rory Monahan Sergey Rybachenko

2008 World Series of Poker

2008 World Series of Poker

The Fall & Fall of Rybachenko