Kitai Mini Turn Bet
David Kitai just made near identical and puzzling to his opponent��s plays in back-to-back hands. First Steven Smith opened the action for 500 and Kitai three-bet him to 1,250. Smith made the call and they went to a flop of . Kitai bet 875 when it was checked to him and got a call. On the turn card Kitai decided to bet 200, the amount of the big blind at this level. Smith made the call though and they both checked the river card . Smith showed and that was good as Kitai mucked.
Kitai was back in action on the next hand, again three-betting an opener to and going heads up to a flop of . Kitai bet 850 and got a call to go to the turn where once more Kitai bet 200. His opponent grinned which was returned bot he threw in the calling chips. A river was checked around and Kitai mucked when his opponent turned over his .
It may not have worked in these two hands but it looks like Kitai is trying to keep his opponents guessing and playing a wide range against him and something must be working as he is sitting with over twice his starting stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Davidi Kitai |
72,000
-2,000
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-2,000 |
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