Ushakov Backdoors Diamonds to Stun Song
Kirill Shcherbakov opened to 2,500 from under the gun and Yunkyu Song three-bet the small blind to 13,000. Evgenii Ushakov then shoved from the big blind for around 45,000, which got Shcherbakov to fold, then Song stood up and put his jacket on, slung his bag over his shoulder despite having the covering stack. Eventually, Song called.
Evgenii Ushakov: Q♦10♦ 
Yunkyu Song: A♦K♣
Ushakov had found the light four-bet shove, but wasn't in as bad shape as he could have been, until the flop of 5♣K♥2♦ left him with on a glimmer of hope of survival. That glimmer turned into a brighter shine as the 6♦ on the turn gave Ushakov a flush draw, and then into a gleaming pot of gold when the 9♦ landed on the river as the Russian player completed his flush.
Song couldn't believe it and stared at the board in disbelief, then said "How do you find that shove?" — with no response.
"Where are you from?" asked Fahredin Mustafov. "Russia," replied Ushakov.
"Ahh, you don't care. You are super rich, yeah?" said Mustafov. Ushakov laughed it off and started to stack the chips he just won, which left him with almost 100,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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195,000
-7,000
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-7,000 |
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95,000
60,000
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60,000 |
|
85,000
-51,000
|
-51,000 |
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80,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
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