Kulev Approaches Three Starting Stacks
Level 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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
295,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
115,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |