Anti-Climactic Hand for Ivan Starostin and Darren Elias

Dec 12, 2023

On a three-way flop of Spade 4Spade 6Heart 8, Darren Elias checks, Sean Winter checks, and Ivan Starostin bets 27,000. Elias makes the call while Winter gets out of the way. 

The turn is the Club 5 and Elias leads out for 60,000 and Starostin thinks about it for a few seconds before he makes the call. 

On the river Heart K, Elias fires for 130,000, Starostin moves all in and Elias snap-calls. 

Starostin flips over Heart 7Club 7 for a straight while Elias tables Spade ASpade 7 for the same straight. 

“Wow, nice flat on the turn,” tablemate Mike Matusow comments as the two players chop up the pot. 

Darren Elias – 405,000 (81 bb)
Ivan Starostin – 510,000 (102 bb)

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