Hands #77-79: Art Papazyan Three-Bets the River Against Matthew Wantman, Shows One Card

Photo:  Matthew Wantman (left) contemplates the river reraises from Art Papazyan (right).

Hand #77  –  Matthew Wantman raises from the button to 25,000, and Art Papazyan calls from the small blind. Both players check to the turn on a board of , Papazyan bets 20,000, and Wantman calls.

The river card is the , Papazyan bets 28,000, Wantman raises to 90,000, and Papazyan thinks for a while before he reraises to 300,000. Wantman uses two of his Time Chips to tank for more than a minute before he folds, and Papazyan shows one card — the — as he takes the pot.

Art Papazyan  –  1,560,000  (130 bb)
Matthew Wantman  –  1,895,000  (158 bb)

Hand #78  –  Kevin Eyster raises under the gun to 25,000, Igor Kurganov reraises from middle position to 66,000, and Eyster calls. The flop comes , Eyster checks, Kurganov bets 35,000, and Eyster folds. Kurganov takes the pot.

Hand #79  –  Art Papazyan raises from the cutoff to 24,000, and Kevin Eyster calls from the big blind. The flop comes , Eyster checks, Papazyan bets 17,000, and Eyster calls. The turn card is the , and both players check.

The river card is the , Eyster checks, Papazyan bets 52,000, and Eyster calls. Papazyan shows to win the pot with two pair, aces and sevens, and Eyster mucks.