07-11-2008 19:41 UTC-7

Kostritsyn Collapses

[user67765]

Alexander Kostritsyn

After betting the turn and river, Alexander Kostritsyn was faced with a river raise by Cristian Dragomir on a board of {9-Clubs}

{9-Clubs}

{J-Clubs}

{6-Diamonds}

{2-Hearts}

{9-Hearts}

. Kostritsyn insta-called with {K-?}

{K-?}

{J-?}

, but Dragomir showed {K-Spades}

{K-Spades}

{9-Spades}

for rivered trips to snatch the pot away from Kostritsyn. Dragomir moved up to 1.3 million chips.

Shortly after, Kostritsyn found himself up against Scott Carpenter on a board of {6-Clubs}

{6-Clubs}

{Q-Clubs}

{10-Clubs}

{2-Diamonds}

{3-Clubs}

. Kostritsyn fired 60,000 on the river and Carpenter made the call tabling {K-Diamonds}

{K-Diamonds}

{10-Diamonds}

for just second pair. It was a good call as Kostritsyn mucked his cards to slip back to 700,000 chips.

Tags: Alexander Kostritsyn Cristian Dragomir Scott Carpenter