Kulev and Mateos Chop Up Lefrancois
Level 7
: Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Alex Kulev opened to 5,500 from the hijack and Adrian Mateos three-bet to 16,000 from the next seat. Pascal Lefrancois then four-bet jammed a stack of 110,000 from the big blind and Kulev re-shoved with the chip lead. Mateos snap-called with Lefrancois covered.
Pascal Lefrancois: ![]()
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"That's good for you!" Kulev told Lefrancois, who was behind but the only player with immediate outs.
But he couldn't hit one of those two outs as the board ran out ![]()
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to mark the Canadian's elimination as Mateos and Kulev split the pot.
"You had him covered?" Kulev cheekily asked Mateos as he tried, to no avail, to get a bigger share.

| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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440,000
48,000
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48,000 |
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180,000
43,500
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43,500 |
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Busted | |