Blocking With the Blocker
Level 3
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Igor Picone raised to 4,500 from middle position. It folded to Diana Kalietina in the big blind, who defended. Kalietina check-called Picone's continuation-bet of 8,000 on the 6♥9♥A♠ flop, and she checked again on the K♦ turn.
Picone fired an overbet worth 35,000, which Kalietina rapidly called. Kalietina then spent a while in the tank on the 4♥ river. Ultimately, she led out with a bet of 25,000.
"Good price," Picone commented before he called. Kalietina revealed A♥7♠ for top pair, but it was not enough as Picone had flopped two pair with A♣6♣.