Demidov Doubles with the Worst Hand
The gentleman in the hijack raised to 3,800 - and we noticed a little blogger's tell, as in our experience players only look bloggers in the eye when they have a monster, and the hijack gent was staring right at us. Still, undeterred, Ivan Demidov in the cutoff reraised to 10,300. Sure enough the action folded back around to Hijack Gentleman, who four-bet to 26,500.
Demidov tanked up long enough for the clock to be called, but within milliseconds of the word "clock" being uttered he'd gone all in. On their backs.
Demidov:
Hijack Gentleman: extremely ahead with
But actually, it turned out well for Demidov.
Board:
Demidov made a four flush and doubled to around 95,000. That, my friends, is how you win tournaments.