Hands #122-129: Rutger Hennen Wins a Big One Off Vasyl Vasylyshyn

Mar 22, 2024

Photo: Rutger Hennen

HAND #122 – “You should be the president of Ukraine,” Matin Talebi tells Vasyl Vasylyshyn after winning the previous pot.

Vasylyshyn then limps in from the small blind, Rutger Hennen raises to 600,000, and Vasylyshyn folds.


HAND #123 – Vasyl Vasylyshyn raises to 400,000 on the button, Robert Schiffbauer three-bets to 1,500,000 in the big blind, and Vasylyshyn folds.


HAND #124 – Maksym Klopotok gets a walk


HAND #125 – Rutger Hennen raises to 450,000 in the cutoff and Matin Talebi calls in the big blind.

The flop is Spade 9Heart 2Spade 5 and Hennen bets 750,000. Talebi’s cards are already in the muck before Hennen finishes completing the bet.


HAND #126 – Matin Talebi shoves from the small blind and Jeffrey Jol gives up his big blind.


HAND #127 – Vasyl Vasylyshyn gets a walk and shows Heart 5Spade 5.


HAND #128 – Vasyl Vasylyshyn raises to 750,000 in the small blind and Rutger Hennen gives up his big blind.

“You call Zelenskyy and tell him to get you on a plane to Moscow. You sit down with Putin and look him in the eyes like you looked me in the eyes and tell him to end the war. You would scare the shit out of him,” Matin Talebi tells Vasylyshyn.


HAND #129 – Vasyl Vasylyshyn raises to 425,000 on the button and Rutger Hennen calls in the small blind.

The flop comes Heart 2Diamond QDiamond 9 and Vasylyshyn bets 600,000. Hennen calls.

The turn is the Club A and Vasylyshyn slids in a bet of 2,400,000. Hennen again calls and checks the Club 7 river. Vasylyshyn slows down and checks back as Hennen shows Heart AHeart 9 for two pair to win the massive pot.

Rutger Hennen- 16,000,000 (80 bb)
Vasyl Vasylyshyn- 21,000,000 (105 bb)

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