HomeAfter quietly building his stack throughout the day, in one big hand, Son Putin took a dive. As many have experienced at the table, it was one of those coolers. Action began with Tran Duc Phuong raising to 38k, Putin three-bet to 128k, Tran four-bet to 350k, Putin shoved, and snap-call by Tran.
Tran A♦ A♣
Putin K♦ K♥
The board ran 2♦ J♠ 3♥ 10♥ 8♠ and it was a massive double up for Tran who had over 1.1M in chips. He is now the chip leader with over 2.2M.
A few hands later, Putin was all in with his short stack holding A-8 and was up against Hai Chuot with K-K. The flop saw an ace grace the felt but with a king showing up on the river, it ended Putin’s run at the Main Event.