Five Way Pot With a Surprising Finish

Photo: Maksim Ausiyevich

Ioana Apostol raises under the gun to 2,400 and gets no less than four callers to see a flop of .

The small blind, Maksim Ausiyevich leads out for 2,000 which gets a fold from the big blind and Apostol, but Emile Daher calls from early position, as does Ozan Koceroglu on the button, leaving the pot three-handed.

The turn brings the and Ausiyevich bets another 5,000 with only Daher calling to see the river .

Ausiyevich looks a bit confused as to what to do with a four-liner now on board and he checks. Daher seizes the opportunity and moves all in, covering Ausiyevich’s last 23,400.

But then without much hesitation, Ausiyevich calls.

Daher shows , for just the pair of threes, while Ausiyevich now turns over his which is the winner to earn himself a double up and then some.

Maksim Ausiyevich – 79,000 (65 bb)
Emile Daher – 33,000 (27 bb)