07-14-2008 14:45 UTC-7

Ivan Demidov Wins a Huge Pot from Peter Eastgate

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Ivan Demidov

Peter Eastgate opened for 300,000 (for the third time in the last four hands) and Ivan Demidov made the call from the small blind. The flop was {A-Clubs}

{A-Clubs}

{7-Hearts}

{2-Spades}

. Demidov checked, Eastgate bet 450,000, and Demidov called. The turn was the {10-Clubs}

{10-Clubs}

and both players checked. The river was the {2-Clubs}

{2-Clubs}

. Demidov considered carefully before leading out for 650,000 and Eastgate went into the tank for two minutes before putting in a raise to 1.9 million. Ultimately, Demidov made the call.

Eastgate's {9-Spades}

{9-Spades}

{10-Spades}

couldn't beat Demidov's {A-Hearts}

{A-Hearts}

{Q-Clubs}

and Demidov raked in the monster pot. Eastgate is down to 8.75 million while Demidov now sits on 7.77 million.

Tags: Adam Levy Ivan Demidov Peter Eastgate