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Evgenii Chzhen Hero-Calls For His Tournament Life

by • May 23, 2026 - 5:15 AM

Evgenii Chzhen

Evgenii Chzhen woke up with A ♠️ A ♥️ and gave it a bump to 250,000 out of the cutoff seat. No takers until Dong Yan on the big blind defended with Q ♠️ 5 ♠️.

The flop 10 ♦️ 7 ♥️ 4 ♠️ drew more action with Lee pumping the pot another 225,000. Yan answered with a check-raise to 635,000 which didn't push out Chzhen who defended his aces.

Yan switched up on the turn :2 ♥️ continuing his aggression with a 750,000 bet. Chzhen called and they took it to the last street where the Q ♥️ found the river.

Yan triple barreled with a shove that well covered Chzhen's stack who tanked until he found the guts to hero-call and ship a double up.

Player Chips
Evgenii Chzhen 6,500,000
Dong Yan 4,300,000