Puchkov Triples But Karamalikis the Big Winner

Chad Holloway

Clement Bonin raised to 12,000 from middle position and received a call from Australian Jonathan Karamalikis, who was directly to his left. A short-stacked Konstantin Puchkov called from the big blind, and it was three-way action to the {9-Spades} {J-Clubs} {8-Spades} flop.

Puchkov was first to act and moved all in for 36,000, which Bonin raised to 73,000. Karamalikis responded by moving all in, and Bonin called off for 291,000.

Showdown
Bonin: {8-Diamonds} {8-Hearts}
Karamalikis: {Q-Diamonds} {10-Spades}
Puchkov: {K-Spades} {J-Spades}

It was an action flop to say the least as all three players hit big. Puchkov flopped top pair with a flush draw, Bonin a set, and Karamalikis the nuts. The {2-Spades} turn gave Puchkov the said flush, while the {A-Clubs} blanked on the river. Puchkov tripled, though he is still short, while Karamalikis eliminated Bonin and collected the sizable side pot.

Below are the counts from Table 8.

Player	Chips	Progress
Olvedo Heinze	700,000 -60,000	-60,000
Jonathan Karamalikis	640,000 212,000	212,000
Rodrigo Caprioli	510,000 405,400	405,400
Anatoly Gurtovoy	480,000 127,000	127,000
Mikolaj Zawadzki	380,000 158,600	158,600
Konstantin Puchkov	155,000 45,000	45,000
Emanoil Sayin	65,000 -275,000	-275,000
Clement Bonin	Busted