Artur Martirosyan Rivered to Finish Runner Up ($495,000)
Artur Martirosyan limp-called the button preflop (320,000 total) with [Qs6s], seeing a pretty dream flop of [6h6c7h] vs. Mikita Badziakouski, who held [Kh9d]. Badziakouski led with his trips for 220,000, Martirosyan raised to 540,000 and Badziakouski made the call.
The turn: [Th]. Badziakouski checked his turned flush draw and Martirosyan moved all in for 1,280,000 prompting a bit of tortured self-talking from his opponent.
“Dammit, give me a count!” he said, before muttering “Nyet, nyet, nyet…”
Finally, he said, “I’m a fish – I call,” looking to wrap up the whole tournament there and then with a river spike… which is exactly what happened. The [5h] fell on the river handing victory to the Belarusian. One card away from doubling into the chip lead, Martirosyan finishes without a trophy, but with $495,000 in consolation prize money.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Mikita Badziakouski | 6,800,000 |
2,150,000  |
| Artur Martirosyan | Busted |
-1,950,000  |
