Let’s Gamble

With everyone in the money and a while to go until the money jumps there is a completely different atmosphere for the low to medium stacks. Certainly that’s how Mikhail Marchenko from Russia sees it as he opened for 10,500 in the small blind and called a raise to 21,500 from big blind fellow Russian Dmitry Ponomarev. The flop was and they both elected to check. Turn card elicited a check from Marchenko, a bet of 16,500 from Ponomarev and a check raise all-in from Marchenko. “Call. “ Said Ponomarev who turned over for a set but was behind to the turned straight of Marchenko who tabled . The river was the and Marchenko happily doubled up exclaiming “Before (the bubble) I’d fold.”