Florian Ribouchon Doubles Thru Eugene Kotlyarevskiy in a 10.8 Million Pot; Kotlyarevskiy Down to a Single Big Blind

Photo:  Florian Ribouchon (left) and Eugene Kotlyarevskiy (right) were nearly even in chips when they watched the dealer put out the turn card.

Florian Ribouchon raises under the gun to 300,000, Eugene Kotlyarevskiy reraises from the hijack to 1,050,000, and Kotlyarevskiy four-bets all in for 5,225,000.

Kotlyarevskiy goes into the tank for a long time, using three Time Chips before he calls with a similar chip stack and shows .

Ribouchon turns over , and whoever loses this pot will be eliminated or down to about one big blind.

The board comes , and Ribouchon pairs his king on the flop and his ace on the river to win the pot with two pair. Their chip stacks are counted down, and Kotlyarevskiy covers Ribouchon by a single big blind — 150,000 — as Ribouchon doubles up.

Florian Ribouchon  –  10,825,000  (72 bb)
Eugene Kotlyarevskiy  –  150,000  (1 bb)