Thorel Chips Up Against Kulev
Niveau 9
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Initial raiser Jean-Noel Thorel in the cutoff was spotted with a bet worth 12,000 on the 
and Alex Kulev in the big blind eyeballed the stack of his opponent carefully. He even ran out of the 30 second shot clock to use a time bank before making the call.
Kulev then led the 
turn for 11,000 for Thorel to call and both checked the 
on the river. Kulev's cards were briefly shown but Thorel had the best of it with the 
.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
240,000 | -29,000 |
|
145,000 | 30,000 |