Kalkan Talks, Ossip Walks
Ismail Kalkan opened for 1,200 from middle position and Kevin Ossip three-bet to 3,500 from the cutoff. Action folded around back to Kalkan who immediately began to talk.
"Three thousand, five hundred huh? What should I do with this?" He then squeezed his cards in the dealer's direction.
"You can't show her your cards," Ossip responded.
"Oh! So you're scared huh? This means I should..." as Kalkan reached towards his blue chips, motioning that he was about to go all in. Ossip made a "come on" motion with his hands.
"... Just call" and Kalkan put in the additional chips.
The flop came ![]()
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and both players quickly checked.
The turn brought the
and Gabriel Akiki became a very interested spectator. "Action is about to go down." Ossip put out a bet of 7,000 and Kalkan made a relatively quick call. Akiki turned towards PokerNews and said "See! I told you!" and called for a queen to arrive on the river.
The river instead brought the
and Kalkan checked over to Ossip, who assessed his options and eventually let out a sigh and tapped the table, saying "ace-king" and flipped over the ![]()
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Kalkan said "you're good" and Ossip scooped a healthy pot to take his stack to more than 50% above starting.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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54,000
40,600
|
40,600 |
|
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46,800
20,600
|
20,600 |
|
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31,000
31,000
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31,000 |