Litvinov Still Smiling
The most recent all in came over on Table 4 when Artem Litvinov open-shoved his remaining 29,000 chips from early position. Volodymyr Pilyavskyy thought it over for several minutes before making the call as the rest of the table quickly folded out of the way.
Litvinov began crossing himself and mumbling towards the sky as he tabled . Pilyavskyy turned over , poised to send a double up over to his foe. The flop was a huge sweat though as it came to give the covering player a flush draw to work with. The on the turn gave him an additional three outs to the straight, but the that hit the river was a safe card for Litvinov.
He broke out into a fist-pumping frenzy as he crossed himself again and made a thankful gesture upwards. The massage therapist working on his shoulders asked, "Did you win?" He's notched himself a double up, sitting with just over 60,000 now and back in the game.