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Rare misstep for Timoshenko
Tony G limped in with the and then Yevgeniy Timoshenko attacked the limp with a raise to 16,000 with the . Timoshenko has often been attacking the limps and did so again here. Giovanni Safina called with the and then Daniel Negreanu called with the . Phil Hellmuth folded the small blind with the and then Ian Frazer folded from the big blind.
The flop smacked Safina in the face when it came down . Tony G and Timoshenko checked and then Safina bet 22,000. Negreanu folded and then Tony G followed suit. Timoshenko had other things in mind. He thought for a little while and then raised to 67,000. Safina just smooth called.
One of the best cards peeled off on the turn for Timoshenko, the . It gave him an open-ended straight draw and he tanked again. He had about a pot-sized bet left in his stack and opted to just check. Safina fired a bet of 70,000 into the pot of 204,000. Timoshenko check-raised all in for 236,000 and Safina quickly called with the current nuts.
The river card was the and Timoshenko could've come from behind to hit his draw and was knocked down to a crippling 4,000 chips.