Hand #138: Perlov Guts Bitker
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Adam Bitker raised to 180,000 out of the small blind, and Artyem Perlov three-bet to 335,000 from the big blind. Bitker tanked for the better part of a minute, then four-bet to 575,000.
Perlov shot back in his chair, and reached for pink T25,000 chips. He counted how many chips were in his stack, stop riffling what was in his hand, then committed enough chips to make the call.
The flop fell 
, and Bitker led for 385,000. Perlov tanked for 90 seconds or so, then called.
The 
turned, Bitker moved all in for effectively 960,000, and Perlov snapped it off.
Bitker: 
Perlov: 
The river was the 
, and Perlov's king-high straight improved to Broadway. He doubled to 3.87 million chips, while Bitker slipped to 1.275 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,870,000 | 1,790,000 |
|
1,275,000 | -1,930,000 |