Varnaev Triple Barrel Bluffs Into Sibgatova's Set

Sergei Varnaev dusted off a bullet earlier on and just polished off another as he bluffed into Alisa Sibgatova.

Qiang Xu opened from middle position to 1,300 and Sibgatova called in the cutoff before Varnaev three-bet the button to 7,200. Both Xu and Sibgatova called.

The flop came down 8♦6♠3♦ and the action checked to Varnaev, who fired out 7,500. Both Xu and Sibgatova called to watch the K♣ land on the turn. Again the action checked to Varnaev, who tossed out a white chip worth 25,000, and bet all of it. Xu folded, but Sibgatova called.

When the 4♣ dropped on the river, Sibgatova checked for a third time and Varnaev took around twenty seconds before he shoved around 50,000. Sibgatova took just a few seconds before she made the call.

Varnaev, with a smile, showed a bluff with A♠5♠, and Sibgatova scooped the pot with a flopped set holding 3♠3♥.

"I didn't expect he would play that way," said Sibgatova with a smile.