With the blinds at 4,000/8,000, the action folded to Natalia Nogina, in the small blind, who completed her action. Christian Portmann, in the big blind, checked his option. The dealer fanned out a flop. Both players checked. The turn brought the . Nogina checked again, which was followed by a bet of 16,000 from Portmann. Nogina called. The river was the , and one miore time, Nogina checked. Without hesitation, Portmann moved all in. Before he could finish moving his stack forward, Nogina announced “call” and opened up her hand: for quad kings!

Nogina was all smiles as she doubled-up her stack. Her table mates all said: “Well played!”