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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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♦.
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.