Russian Tea Party
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The flop was 
when Matvey Linov checked to Ivan Demidov, who bet 50,000. Linov asked how much Demidov had, but rather than acknowledge the question, Demidov continued to stare down at his iPad. The dealer counted out Demidov's stack while it was hard to tell if Ivan even noticed. He had 154,000 behind, and Linov decided to flat. The turn was the 
, and Linov checked. Demidov followed suit. Then on the 
river, Linov bet 200,000, enough to put Demidov all in. Ivan thought for a bit, chatting with Linov in Russian. Of course, we have no idea what was said, but it sounded interesting. Finally, we think Demidov said he was calling, because Linov mucked his cards. Demidov never had to show a card and took down the pot.
"Did you tell him what you were calling with?" one of the non-Russian speaking players asked. Demidov said that he told Linov he had slow-played a queen. We'll never know, but we do know that Demidov is up to 505,000 while Linov has 375,000.