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before tossing the cards back to the dealer.After Demidov mucked, Alekhin turned over a pocket pair of queens for the whole table to see and the first Russian v. Russian 'battle' ended without bloodshed.
2008 World Series of Poker Europe
��10,000 WSOP Europe Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 World Series of Poker Europe
Buy-in
£10,000
Prize Pool
£3,620,000
Entries
362
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
before tossing the cards back to the dealer.After Demidov mucked, Alekhin turned over a pocket pair of queens for the whole table to see and the first Russian v. Russian 'battle' ended without bloodshed.
. Alekhin checks, Juanda bets 58,000, Demidov calls and Alekhin folds. The turn is the 
. Juanda bets 115,000 and Demidov calls. The river falls the 
. Juanda bets 110,000. Looking a bit puzzled at the small bet relative to the size of the pot, Demidov tanked for a while before calling. Both players show
and they chop the pot.
Both players check down a
board to the river, at which point Fischman bets 30,000. Alekhin makes the call and Fischman hesitates before turning over a pocket pair of fives. Much to Fischman's surprise, Alekhin mucks and Scott takes down the pot."That leaves threes and fours," joked Tournament Director Jack Effel.
"Value!" sung Fischman as he raked in his new chips.
. The action is checked to Fischman who bets 12,000, saying "Let's take a stab at it." Bengt Sonnert answers that with a raise to 100,000. Juanda folds, and Demidov reraises to 350,000. Hiltunen and Fischman quickly muck, and Sonnert begins counting down his stack. He eventually mucks and Demidov flashes a 
as he rakes in the pot.
.Alekhin then makes a continuation bet of 56,000, which was enough for Sonnert, who laid down his hand, sending the pot to the man Phil Hellmuth dubbed, 'The Russian.'
. Juanda checks, Sonnert bets 125,000, Juanda raises to 314,000 and Demidov calls. The 
lands on the turn and Juanda bets 277,000. Demidov moves all in and Juanda insta-folds. Demidov wins a huge pot.