Playing Poker

Leon Sturm and Alex Kulev were heads-up in a pot that seemed innocent enough in the early going, but quickly turned violent. On a flop of J♠5♦3♣ Kulev checked from the big blind and Sturm tossed in a bet of 12,000 on the button. Kulev called and the 2♦ landed on the turn.

After a check-raise from Kulev on the turn, both players committed 250,000 each to the pot, creating a pot of nearly 600,000. The river was the 10♣ and Kulev announced all in for 1,228,000. Sturm asked for a count and burned through two time banks before laying down his hand.

"We're playing poker now," Brandon Steven joked at the table.

"If you get dealt pocket fours, what are you supposed to do?" Jason Koon rhetorically asked.