Kamutzki's Nines Hold

Matthew Pitt

This tournament has been quite the rollercoaster ride for Heinz Kamutzki with many peaks and troughs in his chip count. Now he is experiencing a peak after seeing his pocket nines hold against Andrey Zaichenko's {A-Clubs} {J-Diamonds} .

Kamutzki opened from the cutoff and was then facing a three-bet to 61,000 from Zaichenko in the big blind. Kamutzki then took back his original bet and moved forwards a tower of 21 blue chips worth 105,000. His Russian opponent sat motionless for 20 seconds then sprung into life to check his cards before announcing he was all in.

"I call," said Kamutzki, a rather resigned tone to his voice.

The {4-Clubs} {2-Spades} {2-Hearts} flop was safe for Kamutzki, as was the {Q-Clubs} turn and {7-Diamonds} river and the German is now up to 900,000 and certainly back in contention here in Berlin.