Kulev Approaches Three Starting Stacks
Niveau 9
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Jean-Noel Thorel raised it up to 6,000 and Alex Kulev defended the big blind. The flop came 
and was quickly checked by Kulev. Thorel continued for 8,000 and Kulev check-raised small to 17,000.
A few seconds later, Thorel studied the flop and gently slid his cards into the muck.
After winning the large preflop contest against Thorel earlier, Kulev has been steadily accumulating chips via small pots and sits in second place on the leaderboard by some margin.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
295,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
115,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
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landed on the turn. Thorel checked again and Greenwood dropped in a bet of 7,000 which Thorel called.
completed the board and Thorel checked once more. Greenwood splashed in another bet of 12,000 this time and Thorel was forced to lay his hand down.
flop on which Kisacikoglu checked. Thorel made it 15,000 to go only for his opponent to check-raise to 35,000.
turn left Thorel with two outs and he missed them on the 
river.
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on the river. Kulev threw in another bet of 11,000 and Greenwood burned through one of his time banks before releasing his cards to the muck.
flop and the 
for broadway. However, he had a lock on the hand already as Kulev's 
