Puchkov Hooks the Chip Lead
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Shander de Vries had been pretty quiet at the table until this hand - and he's probably now wishing that he'd just kept his head down and not bothered with this one either.
De Vries raised to 125,000 under the gun and it folded all the way around to Konstantin Puchkov in the big blind who made the call. Puchkov check-called 125,000 from de Vries on the 
flop and another 225,000 on the 
turn; he checked a third time on the 
river and this time de Vries checked behind. We didn't get to actually see the hole cards (apparently these are not integral to the televisual enjoyment of a poker tournament), but we understand that de Vries showed pocket sixes which lost out to Puchkov's pocket jacks.
Puchkov now appears to be our chip leader and is in serious contention to pick up an EPT title to go with his WSOP bracelet.