button in SafariGortikov Sets His Stall Out
Level 1
: Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Aleksei Gortikov raised to 2,000 on the button and faced a three-bet to 8,500 from Thomas Alfred Mayer in the big blind. Not to be outdone, Gortikov responded with a four-bet to 28,000. Mayer waved the white flag and returned his cards to the dealer, seeing the early battle go the way of Gortikov.