Gelsbergs Has his Game Face On
Maris Gelsbergs is a PokerStars qualifier from Latvia and it looks like he has come to play. He also seems to be getting plenty of respect from the rest of the players at his table. Having opened from under the gun plus one for a min raise the previous hand and taking down the blinds he was at it again the next hand. Opening for 300 and getting called from the big blind by Lewis Jackson from England. They saw a flop of . Gelsbergs bet 300 when it was checked to him and got a call from Jackson. They both cautiously checked the turn and when Jackson checked the river a bet from Gelsbergs of 650 was enough to convince Jackson to release his hand.
The next hand Gelsbergs defended his big blind when Caicai Huang raised from the button to 325. They both checked a flop of . The dealer put a turn card of and Gelsbergs felt the time was right for a bet of 300. He was right and a third successive pot headed his way.