Demidov Makes Big Lay Down
The WSOP November Nine certainly was a group of good players. Throughout the final table coverage there weren’t many mistakes made by the players, and some showed amazing poker strategy and instincts in pressure situations. One of these clutch hands occurred when there were four players left at the WSOP final table. With only Peter Eastgate, Ivan Demidov, Dennis Phillips and Ylon Schwartz remaining in the daddy of poker tournaments, Demidov showed why he’s been one of the hottest live poker players in the world over the last five months.
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Demidov was in the small blind and made the call of 300,000 with K-7 of spades. Phillips and Schwartz had already folded, and then Eastgate checked his option to raise from the big blind because all he had was 3-2 off-suit. The pot was $1.5M, and they saw a flop of 7h-3d-6s.
Both players got a piece of the flop, but for some reason Demidov decided to check his top pair. Eastgate then bet out 850,000, which was quickly called by Demidov. The turn was the king of diamonds, giving Demidov an even bigger lead with kings-up.
Once again Demidov slow played his lead and checked into Eastgate. Eastgate seemed to realize that his pair of threes was no good, and he checked the action to the river. The river brought Eastgate one of two possible outs to win, the three of clubs, giving Eastgate trip threes and the lead in the hand. Demidov, thinking his hand was good, came out betting 1.65M in chips with his two pair. Eastgate then made his move, raising it another 3.85M, bringing the pot to $10,325,000.
Somehow Ivan Demidov was able to give Eastgate credit for the trips. He surprisingly folded his two pair with very little hesitation. It was an important fold in the game because it allowed Demidov to remain in a dominant position, which eventually contributed to his second-place finish and a payday of over $5,790,000.
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