Big Slick Holds for Both Burns and Ivanov

Simon Burns opened to 85,000 in the hijack and was three-bet to 300,000 by Giulio Mascolo out of the cutoff. The next two players folded to put action onto Lyudmil Ivanov, who cold four-bet all in for 505,000. Burns went over the top for 1.105 million and Mascolo called quickly called.

Lyudmil Ivanov:
Simon Burns:
Giulio Mascolo:

Mascolo found himself hoping for a queen to score the double knockout and chip up tremendously; meanwhile, Ivanov had his sights set on a share of the main pot. Burns did as well, but also was in great position to take down the side pot for a sizeable increase to his stack.

The board ran out , missing the possibility at two pair coming on board for a three-way chop. Stacks and pots were divided accordingly and both Burns and Ivanov saw big increases to their stacks at the expense of Mascolo.