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07-12-2008 17:29 UTC-8

Kostritsyn on the Upswing

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This must be a very frustrating day for Alexander Kostritsyn. Although he hasn't been eliminated, his stack has been all over the place. His latest battle was against Reagan Silber. When we got to the tale, Kostritsyn had checked a flop of {3-Diamonds}

{3-Diamonds}

{Q-Diamonds}

{3-Spades}

. Silber bet 50,000 before Kostritsyn check-raised to 175,000. Silber made the call.

The turn came {A-Diamonds}

{A-Diamonds}

, bringing a bet of 200,000 from Kostritsyn. Again Silber called.

On the river {J-Spades}

{J-Spades}

, Kostritsyn fired out for 333,000. Silber called a third time, then mucked when Kostritsyn showed him {K-Diamonds}

{K-Diamonds}

{8-Diamonds}

for the nut flush. That win pumped Kostritsyn back up to 1.75 million.