Belcher Defends and Wins
Level 1
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Aleksejs Ponakovs raised to 6,000 from the cutoff and was called by both Alex Kulev on the button and Matthew Belcher in the big blind.
The flop of K♦5♥4♠ was checked through
On the 9♠ turn, the action checked to Kulev who bet 13,000. Belcher called and Ponakovs raised to 65,000. Kulev folded and Belcher called once again.
The river came the A♠ and both players checked. Belcher tabled K♥J♠ for a pair of kings, which was a winner.