Hands #91-95: Matin Talebi Gets Away With Two Big Bluffs

Photo: Matin Talebi

HAND #91 – Maksym Klopotok moves all in for 2,125,000 in the cutoff and Vasyl Vasylyshyn asks for a count in the big blind before folding .

HAND #92 – Jeffrey Jol raises to 300,000 on the button and Rutger Hennen calls in the big blind.

The flop comes and Jol wins the pot with a bet of 225,000.

HAND #93 – Matin Talebi raises to 325,000 in the hijack and Rutger Hennen calls in the small blind, as does big blind Robert Schiffbauer.

All three players check the flop. The turn is the and Talebi bets 625,000. 

Hennen then raises to 1,300,000 and Schiffbauer folds. Talebi, though, reraises to 3,000,000 and Hennen folds. Talebi then shows as he takes the pot to a round of applause from the rest of the table.

“You were beating me but I was thinking of doing something silly,” Schiffbauer says.

“I might have been beating him too. But that’s not what I was counting on,” Talebi replies.

HAND #94 – Jeffrey Jol raises to 300,000 in the hijack and Vasyl Vasylyshyn calls in the cutoff.

The flop comes and Jol bets 150,000. Vasylyshyn calls and the falls on the turn.

Jol then bets 375,000 and Vasylyshyn calls again. Both players check the river and Jol shows . Vasylyshyn mucks .

HAND #95 – Robert Schiffbauer raises to 300,000 on the button and Matin Talebi calls in the big blind.

The flop comes and Schiffbauer bets 300,000. Talebi calls.

The turn is the and Schiffbauer bets 550,000. Talebi then raises to 1,600,000 and Schiffbauer folds.

“Now we’re playing poker,” Talebi says as he slams down . “I’ve been sleeping so long they thought I was a corpse.”

Matin Talebi- 9,500,000 (63 bb)
Robert Schiffbauer- 8,000,000 (53 bb)
Jeffrey Jol- 12,000,000 (80 bb)
Vasyl Vasylyshyn- 17,500,000 (117 bb)