Railbird Report: Timofey "Trueteller" Kuznetsov's Aces Cracked Twice

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Mar 16, 2018 5 min read

Every poker player has been in a situation where they have had their aces cracked in a big spot in an all-in preflop hand. Not too many say they lost with the best hand of poker twice in a single hand.

Unfortunately for him, Timofey "Trueteller" Kuznetsov found himself in just that spot. In a heads-up match, Kuznetsov called a five-bet shove from Jonas "OtB_RedBaron" Mols to create a week-high pot of $157,426 and the duo agreed to run it twice.

Despite Kuznetsov had 82 percent equity to win the first board and even more on the second board, his aces were cracked twice to hand a huge pot over to Mols.

One pot often doesn't dictate who the top performers were of the week. Such was the case this week with Kuznetsov booking a profit despite this huge setback and Mols booking one of the biggest overall losses for the week.

Catching Up on High Stakes Action: Three Biggest Pots of The Week

The action last week was huge with players battling it out at stakes high as $200/$400 no-limit hold'em and $100/$200 PLO. Kuznetsov and Mols were involved in the two biggest hands of the week.

1) Jonas "OtB_RedBaron" Mols wins a $157,426 Pot (394 Big Blinds) from Timofey "Trueteller" Kuznetsov (March 12)
^{($200/$400 NLHE 6-Max)}

The biggest hand of the week took place in heads-up play and began with Mols limping the button for $400. From there a series of a raises occurred with Kuznetsov bumping the action to $3,200, Mols three-betting to $9,800, Kuznetsov four-betting to $26,600 and Mols five-bet jamming $78,713.

Kuznetsov, who had his opponent well covered in no small thanks to winning the second biggest pot of the week 10 minutes prior, called.

The duo decided to run it twice and despite Mols being in a world of hurt with the second best preflop hand possible, he was able to spike kings on both flops for sets to win a monster pot worth $157,426.

2) Timofey "Trueteller" Kuznetsov wins a $136,501 Pot (341 Big Blinds) from Jonas "OtB_RedBaron" Mols (March 12)
^{($200/$400 NLHE 6-Max)}

Just before the biggest hand of the week took place, the second biggest hand occurred between the same two players with a much different result.

Kuznetsov opened from the button to $900 before he called Mols' three-bet to $3,720 from the big blind.

The 9♥Q♠Q♦ flop generated tons of action. Mols opened for $2,008, Kuznetsov raised to $7,200, Mols three-bet to $15,200, Kuznetsov four-bet to $32,600, and Mols called leaving $37,133 remaining in his stack.

Both players opted to check after the 3♥ appeared on the turn. Mols checked again when the 10♦ completed the board on the river. Kuznetsov then bet and Mols stacked off the rest of his chips after he called to hand a huge pot worth $136,501.

3) James "JayP-AA" Park wins a $110,425 Pot (1,104 Big Blinds) from "libby493" (March 10)
^{($50/$100 PLO 6-Max)}

The action began with "libby493" opening to $470 from the hijack before James "JayP-AA" Park three-bet to $1,680 from the button. It folded back around to "libby493" who then four-bet to $5,310. Park five-bet to $16,200 and "libby493" called to create a massive pot of over 320 big blinds before the flop.

Park bet $32,665 after "libby493" checked on the 2♠3♠3♦ flop. With just a little more behind, "libby493" opted to go all-in for $38,878 and Park called.

The duo decided to just run it once and Park with a 3:1 edge in the hand and was able to improve even further to a flush to win a huge six-figure pot worth $110,425 after the J♦ appeared on the turn followed by the 5♦.

This Week's Online High-Stakes Biggest Winners and Losers

"Grazvis1" notched up the most profit in back to back weeks by adding $114,020 in profit to last week's haul of $83,856.

On the flip side,"libby493" booked the biggest loss in back to back weeks. Last week his bankroll shrank by $82,829 followed by a loss this week of $110,372.

Meanwhile, Jonas "OtB_RedBaron" Mols, who was involved in the two biggest pots of the week including winning the biggest one was the second biggest loser of week after reporting a loss of $91,731.

The 2018 Leaderboard

The biggest three winners for 2018 at PokerStars remained the same as last week.

Linus "LLinusLLove" Loeliger with $401,230 in profit widened the gap for the most profit after a strong week which catapulted past the seven-figure mark in lifetime profit.

Alexander "joiso" Kostritsyn didn't play any hands last week but was able to remain in second place on the leaderboard with $334,589 in profit. James "JayP-AA" Park, also with a strong week, is knocking on Kostritsyn's doorstep in third place on the 2018 overall leaderboard with $316,630 in profit.

"ImagineKing" without playing a hand once again has a firm hold on the most loss in 2018. Mikael "ChaoRen160" Thuritz added to his losses last week and remains the second biggest loser. Jonas "OtB_RedBaron" Mols supplanted Elior "Crazy Elior" Sion in the third to last spot on the 2018 leaderboard.

The above top winning and losing players in online poker for 2018 only takes PokerStars accounts into consideration. All public data courtesy of HighStakesDB.com. If you want to opt out of being listed in this PokerNews update on high-stakes action, send an email with your username to [email protected].

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