Kanit Pulls Off Birthday Bluff

Mustapha Kanit opened from middle position and was called by Tyler Cornell and Michael Rocco from the button and small blind respectively.

Andriy Lyubovetskiy, in the big blind, three-bet to 3,000. Kanit didn't wait too long before reraising to 8,100. Cornell and Rocco folded before action was back on the Ukranian.

Lyubovetskiy ended up calling which brought in the flop and he check-called for 4,300.

As the flop action took place, Vanessa Kade informed the table that it was also Kanit's birthday.

The turn prompted Lyubovetskiy to check again. Kanit, after a minute or two, slid in enough chips to put his opponent all-in for his tournament life. Lyubovetskiy, who had around 18,000, went into the tank and eventually folded.