Hands #35-37: Vitalijs Zavorotnijs Jams Into Boris Kolev

Hand #35: Vitalijs Zavorotnijs raises to 450,000 with the and Boris Kolev in the big blind three-bets to 1,500,000 with the . Zavorotnijs makes the call and both players flop a pair on .

Zavorotnijs checks and Kolev bets 1,200,000, the chip leader from Latvia calls. After the turn, Zavorotnijs checks once more and Kolev bets 1,700,000. Zavorotnijs uses one time bank extension to give himself another 30 seconds to make a decision and moves all in.

Kolev is sent into a world of pain and uses four time bank extensions before letting go.

Hand #36: Zavorotnijs raises the button to 325,000 with the and Eric Sfez comes along from the big blind with the . The flop comes and Sfez check-calls a bet of 250,000 very quickly.

They check the turn and Sfez then bets the river for 350,000. Zavorotnijs calls with his king and scoops the second pot in a row.

Hand #37: Kolev raises to 300,000 on the button with and Sfez calls out of the small blind with . Neither player hits anything on the flop and they check it down.

On the turn, Sfez checks once more and Kolev bets 400,000 to win the pot right there.

Vitalijs Zavorotnijs – 24,000,000 (120bb)
Eric Sfez – 8,300,000 (41bb)
Boris Kolev – 4,000,000 (20bb)