Gryko Wins a Big Pot Off Pantling
Level 28
: 50,000/100,000, 15,000 ante
Hand #1: Richard Gryko raised to 220,000 in the cutoff and Michael Krasienko three-bet to 575,000 from one seat over on the button. Jack Sinclair four-bet to 1,300,000 and both opponents folded.
Hand #2: Wesley Pantling opened the action with a raise to 250,000 and Gryko three-bet to 670,000. Pantling called. The flop fell ![]()
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and both players checked. After the
turn, Pantling checked and called a bet of 540,000 by Gryko before checking again the
river.
Gryko made it 1,225,000 to go and Pantling eventually called. Gryko tabled ![]()
and Pantling sighed, then flashed pocket kings. "It happened to me twice. Guess all I could hope for was pocket queens."