Nikolaev Punishes Olluri
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Mikhail Nikolaev, who started today in third place on the leaderboard, opened to 25,000 from middle position and got called by Andrea Ruosi from the hijack and Marian Ciurea in the small blind. Valon Olluri was in the big blind and saw an opportunity as he put in the three-bet squeeze to 116,000.
Nikolaev was not planning to let himself get bullied around and four-bet shoved, covering every other player involved in the hand. Ruosi and Ciurea quickly folded, but Olluri had to go into the tank. Eventually, the clock was called and Olluri finally let his hand go in the dying seconds of the countdown.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
800,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
420,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
|
282,000
-42,000
|
-42,000 |
|
200,000
75,000
|
75,000 |