Valeriy Ilikyan Likes Pocket Aces

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Facing an opening raise from Raul Paez Corral, Valeriy Ilikyan moved in for 37,800 from the big blind. As Corral pondered his call, Ilikyan started chattering away.

"I know you have Ace-King. I'm positive."

Corral made the call and instead turned up {Q-Hearts}

. Ilikyan tabled {A-Clubs}

.

"Deal it slow" Ilikyan begged the dealer, perhaps wanting to relish the moment.

The flop was {J-Diamonds}

. The turn was the {7-Clubs}

, and the river the {K-Spades}

. As that final card fell Ilikyan leaped up from his seat, knocking over a table full of water glasses that shattered on the ground and exclaimed several sentences in a foreign tongue. Many of the spectators and media surrounding the table seemed confused, as he looked more like a man who just took a bad beat.

"Does he know he won?" whispered another journalist in my ear.

Ilikyan is now up to over 90,000 in chips.

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