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Mikhail Mazunin
With the board showing , Viktor Ivanov bet 5,000 and Mikhail Mazunin called, creating a total pot of about 25,000. The river brought the and a tiny bet of 2,000 from Ivanov. Mazunin paused a beat, then put his last 12,700 in the middle.
Ivanov sat back, then took two yellow (5000) chips from his large stack and tossed them forward. Mazunin showed , well ahead of Ivanov's .
Mazunin survives with a little more than 50,000 -- a bit ahead of where he started the day. Meanwhile, Ivanov still has about 160,000.