Naydenov's Mini Heater Results In Royal Flush
Simeon Naydenov has just been on a two-hand heater that resulted in him first getting paid off for his full house, then hitting a royal flush.
In the first hand, Nozomu Shimizu raised to 2,500 from the button, Dawid Smolka called in the small blind and Simeon Naydenov called in the big blind. The flop came 
. Smolka checked, Naydenov checked and Shimizu bet 12,000. Naydenov put in a small check-raise to 24,000 and Shimizu called.
The turn was the 
and both players checked. The river came the 
and Naydenov shoved for his remaining chips, which was around 18,000.
"Maybe queen high is good?" said Shimizu. He then used a couple of time bank cards before eventually making the call. Naydenov showed 
for the full house, kings full of eights. Shimizu showed 
. He had assumed Naydenov was running a bluff on the double paired board and, true to his word, called with queen high. Naydenov scooped a nice pot.
The very next hand, [Removed:452] went all in from middle position with around 11,000, a shove for less than 10 big blinds. Naydenov called the shove and players turned their cards.
[Removed:452]: 
Simeon Naydenov: 
The board ran out 
. Naydenov hit the absolute nuts, a royal flush on the flop. Kaladjurdjevic had no chance of coming back and was eliminated from the tournament.
Naydenov joked about whether or not he was entitled to a casino bonus for his royal flush (he wasn't). In any case, in just two hands, Naydenov went from a short stack to well above average.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
115,000 | -95,000 |
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74,000 | 74,000 |
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Eliminé |
flop and Santerne called. Shylko then bet 17,000 on the 
completed the board and Shylko used a time bank before betting 35,000 and leaving himself just 1,600 behind. Santerne snap-called. Shylko showed 
to leave Shylko with crumbs.
river and folded when Aerts bet 2,500. Shylko tabled 
for an underpair and couldn't survive as Aerts showed 
for a pair of jacks to send the 2023 PokerStars Players Championship winner to the rail.
, forcing him to give away many of his hard-earned chips to Ferreira Pais.
river fell, he left the tournament area frustratedly but had enough sportsmanship to give his opponent a fist bump beforehand.
to beat the top pair of Chauskin with 
and had a stack of around 70,000 at the end of it all.
and Grafton led again, this time putting in a large bet of 13,600, which represented most of his opponent's stack. Machado did make the call, leaving himself just a few thousand behind. 
was what the deck presented the players with. The first three players to act checked to Deyra, who put out a bet of 1,500. All players still liked their hand enough to see a turn with, and they all called.
