Palevic's Bluff Doesn't Get Through Martini
Level 23
: 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Rifat Palevic raised to 105,000 from middle position and Julien Martini called from the cutoff along with Mykola Kostyrko in the big blind.
Players saw a flop of ![]()
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and Kostyrko checked. Palevic bet 190,000 and Martini called but Kostyrko folded.
The turn brought the
and Palevic continued with a bet of 245,000 that Martini called again.
The
filled up the river and Palevic fired a bet of 705,000. Martini went deep into the tank, staring at Palevic, then made the call. Palevic turned over ![]()
for a bluff and Martini tabled ![]()
to win the pot with a pair of kings.