Elnajjar Keeps Linov in Check
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Rikard Relander, one of two Estonians left standing, limped in the cutoff, and on the button, Bassam Elnajjar raised to 18,500. Big-stacked small blind Matvey Linov reraised to 51,500. Relander folded, but Elnajjar opted to four-bet to 111,500. Linov took his time to consider the action.
"Where are you from?" he asked.
"What does that change?" Elnajjar wanted to know.
"Just wondering," said Linov. Elnajjar told him he was from Lebanon, and Linov returned the favor, saying he was from Russia. He followed that statement with a fold, asking to see one card. Elnajjar let him pick which one, then turned over the 
. Linov wasn't happy, but after winning a big pot previously, he's still got a quite healthy 655,000.