Kurko Flops the Nuts
Level 35
: 150,000/300,000, 40,000 ante
Kimmo Kurko opened for 600,000 with and Tom Middleton called with . The flop was a dream for Kurko, making a well-disguised straight, and giving Middleton an up and down straight draw with ace high. The turn was the and Middleton checked. Kurko bet 1,075,000 but unfortunately for the Finn Middleton mucked without hesitation.