Zubov Surrenders to Kuznetsov

David Salituro

Level 2 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

"When I first started playing poker, you were already playing high stakes. And I've been playing nine years," Nikita Kuznetsov told Adrian Mateos as Mateos' tablemates expressed surprise that he's still only 30 years old this far into his career.

"It's not about how old you are, it's about how many people you killed along the way," Kayhan Mokri added.

Kuznetsov then opened to 2,500 on the button, Alexander Zubov three-bet to 10,500 in the big blind, and Kuznetsov called.

Zubov checked the 9?8?5? flop and Kuznetsov bet 5,500. Zubov called and checked again on the 2? turn as Kuznetsov bet another 22,500. "Ay, ay, ay," Zubov said as he mucked while Kuznetsov took the pot.