Huge Hand in Last Hand Before the Break
Olivier Busquet opened for 80,000 from the button and Ivan Soshnikov defended from the big blind. The flop saw Soshnikov check-call a bet of 75,000, and then he promptly checked the turn. Busquet upped his bet to 225,000, but he couldn't shake his opponent, who made the call.
Soshnikov checked for a third time on the river, and Busquet thought for about 20 seconds before sliding out a bet of 500,000. Soshnikov paused for a beat and the moved all in, which resulted in Busquet shooting back in his chair. He seemed to know something was up but called nonetheless with the . Unfortunately for him, Soshnikov had flopped the joint with the and doubled through.
It was the last hand before a 20-minute break, so we'll have official counts for you momentarily.