Kravchenko and His Intimidating Image
. The preflop raiser continued with a bet of 1,000, and only Kravchenko called.The turn was the
-- a second ace and third heart. The raiser paused a beat, then checked. Kravchenko, his usual stern expression partially obscured by sunglasses, took thirty seconds or so then checked behind.The river was the
. The original raiser took another look at his cards, then checked. Kravchenko fairly quickly fired 2,500, and his opponent folded. As he did he showed one card -- the 
-- prompting a raise of the eyebrows and sneaky-looking grin from Kravchenko as he slid his cards face down to the dealer. The Russian has built his stack to 42,000.