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Vandyshev Pays to See Spataru's Cards...Literally
Level 13
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
A pot of over 400,000 had been built on a board of 9♣7♥7♦8♦J♣ between Aleksei Vandyshev in the hijack and Andrei Spataru from under the gun.
Vandyshev had around 225,000 behind and was facing a bet for all of his chips on the river. After being in the tank, Vandyshev got out his wallet and threw a crisp 50 euro note over to Spataru in a request to see his cards.
After Vandyshev folded, Spataru grabbed the note and then exposed his 10♠9♠ for a straight as he raked in the pot.
"Spend it wisely," joked Max Avela.