Damir Gabdullin limped the button with A♠4♥ before Alex Kulev raised to 950,000 with 7♥3♠. Gabdullin then moved all in, and Kulev snap-folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
12,860,000
1,590,000
|
1,590,000 |
|
7,795,000
1,590,000
|
1,590,000 |
|
||
Level: 27
Blinds: 80,000/160,000
Ante: 160,000
Alex Kulev limped the button with 10♣5♦, and Damir Gabdullin checked from the big blind holding K♣2♣.
After both players checked the 7♣4♥J♠ flop, the 10♥ dropped on the turn. Gabdullin checked again and then folded when Kulev bet 250,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
11,270,000
630,000
|
630,000 |
|
|
9,385,000
630,000
|
630,000 |
|
|
||
Alex Kulev picked up A♥K♠ and raised to 350,000 on the button. Damir Gabdullin called with 7♦5♣, and they saw a flop of 9♦6♦3♦.
Both players checked to the 4♠ turn, where Gabdullin bet 1,200,000 with his straight. Kulev folded his ace-high.
Gabdullin then raised to 350,000 on the button with 7♣5♥ and Kulev called holding K♦3♥.
Gabdullin continued for 200,000 on the Q♥10♥2♦, but Kulev this time raised to 850,000 with king-high. Gabdullin quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
10,640,000
270,000
|
270,000 |
|
|
10,015,000
270,000
|
270,000 |
|
|
||
Damir Gabdullin raised to 350,000 on the button with K♦9♥ and Alex Kulev defended 10♣7♠ in the big blind.
The action checked through on the 8♦4♥5♣ flop and the J♥ arrived on the turn. Kulev overbet for 1,250,000, and Gabdullin folded.
Then, Kulev raised to 350,000 with 4♦4♣ from the button before Gabdullin three-bet to 1,500,000 holding A♠K♦ in the big blind. Kulev continued with a call.
On the monton flop of 10♠Q♠8♠, Gabdullin bet 2,000,000, resulting in a snap-fold from Kulev.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
10,910,000
1,150,000
|
1,150,000 |
|
|
9,745,000
1,150,000
|
1,150,000 |
|
|
||
Several hands in a row have gone by that were taken down by a single bet postflop. Damir Gabdullin has been on the winning side of most of them as he narrows the gap with Alex Kulev.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
10,895,000
1,230,000
|
1,230,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
9,760,000
1,230,000
|
1,230,000 |
Level: 26
Blinds: 70,000/140,000
Ante: 140,000
Damir Gabdullin completed with J♠6♦ and Alex Kulev checked 10♥7♠ in the big bind.
Kulev check-called Gabdullin's bet of 125,000 on the K♠8♦J♣ flop.
Two checks followed the Q♦ turn to see the 4♥ land on the river. Kulev announced an overbet of 910,000, which was enough get Gabdullin to fold his pair of jacks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
12,125,000
245,000
|
245,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
8,530,000
245,000
|
245,000 |
Alex Kulev raised to 300,000 on the button and Damir Gabdullin called.
Both players checked to the river on a board of Q♣4♣4♦K♣10♦. Gabdullin then led out for 1,100,000, and Kulev snap-called.
Gabdullin showed 6♣2♣ for a flush. "That's a good hand," Kulev said as he mucked K♥J♦.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
11,880,000
1,280,000
|
1,280,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
8,775,000
1,280,000
|
1,280,000 |
With 8♥8♣, Alex Kulev raised to 300,000 on the button and Damir Gabdullin three-bet to 1,200,000 from the big blind holding J♥J♣. Kulev continued with a call.
Gabdullin placed out a small bet of 400,000 on the 4♠A♣K♦ flop, and Kulev quickly called.
The 8♠ appeared on the turn, causing Gabdullin to check. Kulev bet out for 2,400,000, which caused Gabdullin to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
13,160,000
1,480,000
|
1,480,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
7,495,000
1,480,000
|
1,480,000 |
