Rene Gauvin Bluffs Hayk Hartounian With the Best Hand

Photo: Rene Gauvin

Hayk Hartounian limps in from the cutoff and Rene Gauvin raises to 425,000 on the button. Hartounian calls and the flop comes .

Gauvin bets another 500,000 and Hartounian calls. Both players check the turn and the falls on the river. Gauvin then bets 1,250,000.

Hartounian calls with , while Gauvin shows . “Jack plays,” a tablemate says as Gauvin’s jack-kicker with king-high earns him the pot.

The next hand, Zeyu Huang bets 325,000 from the button on a flop of and Hartounian calls under the gun.

The turn is checked to the river, where Hartouian bets 550,000. Huang then raises to 1,800,000 and Hartounian folds. “I always have it,” Huang says, showing the as he takes the pot.

Zeyu Huang- 13,500,000 (108 bb)
Rene Gauvin- 7,000,000 (56 bb)
Hayk Hartounian- 4,800,000 (38 bb)