Selbst Vs. Kitai

In the first significant pot between Vanessa Selbst and Davidi Kitai it was Selbst who opened on the button for 65,000 and Kitai called from the small blind.

The flop was and when Kitai checked Selbst bet 67,000 to see Kitai make the call.

The turn card was the which was checked around and the river card came the . Kitai led out for 48,000.

Selbst took some time to come to a decision and raised to 240,000. It was Kitai’s turn to take his time as he tried to work out what was going on. Several minutes passed before Kitai again checked his hole cards.

"There’s no way you’re bluffing. I should raise but it’s too late now. Will you show if I fold?” Kitai said eventually before another player called the clock. Kitai folded with ten seconds left on the clock.