Fireworks on the Final Hand
On the final hand of the day, Max Lykov opened to 40,000 in the hijack seat, and Martin Kabrhel called out of the big blind. Both players knuckled after the flop fell , and Kabrhel led out for 61,000 when the turned. Lykov called.
The completed the board, and Kabrhel cut out 138,000. He then placed it on top of his stack, tanked for a bit, then grabbed the two towers if blue T5,000 chips underneath and lifted the entire 338,000-chip bet and plopped it across the line.
"So stupid," Lykov said.
The Russian cut out enough chips to call the one-and-a-half times pot bet, examined his stack to see what he would have left if he called, then folded. Kabrhel looked at his cards one last time, then tossed them into the muck.
Kabrhel asked Lykov what he had while the two were bagging their chips, and Lykov said he had king-high.
"That's a good fold," Kabrhel told him. "I had ten-seven."
"That was nothing," Lykov returned.
"I know," said Kabrhel.