Runner, Runner Straight for Puchkov
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Giuseppe Pantaleo raised to 210,000 and Konstantin Puchkov, who had been protecting his blinds a lot called in the big blind. The flop was 
and after Puchkov checked Pantaleo bet 250,000 and Puchkov called. The turn was the 
and both players checked. The river was the 
and Puchkov checked his hole cards, chewed his tooth pick, scratched his head and bet 760,000 which was almost a pot sized bet. Pantaleo sighed audibly and given the size of his stack this was a huge decision for the German. After a short while Pantaleo made the call and mucked his cards when he saw the 
in front of Puchkov. The Russian had made a runner, runner straight.