Puchkov Gives Up Ground in Hold'em Again
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Hold'em
When heads-up play first started, Al Barbieri turned the screws on Konstantin Puchkov in hold'em. He's repeating that early success now. The two biggest hands occurred back-to-back.
In the first, Barbieri raised the button and was called by Puchkov. Puchkov check-called bets on the 
flop and the 
turn. Both players checked the 
river. Barbieri showed 
, which was enough to win the pot.
The next hand it was Puchkov's button, but that didn't stop Barbieri from turning an inside straight with 
on a board of 
. Barbieri bet the river dark and was called. His straight was good.
The only two hands Barbieri lost in the recent hold'em round were two hands in which he gave Puchkov a walk. His stack is all the way back to about 1.5 million.