Korik Pounds on Pollak

(Photo: Zachary Korik)

Zachary Korik raises to 32,000 in the hijack seat and Benjamin Pollak three-bets to 78,000. The blinds fold and Korik makes the call. The dealer is like a rose between two thorns as she gives us the [Tc] [8d] [4d]. Both players check, the turn card is the [3h], Korik bets 92,000 and Pollak calls. The river is the [Ts] and Korik bets 227,000 and the size of the bet meant it was a tournament deciding decision for Pollak. Pollak took at least five minutes to make his decision which was to ultimately fold and it leaves him with 23 big blinds.

(Photo: Benjamin Pollak)

Table 1

Benjamin Pollak – 370,000
Denis Pisarev – 295,000
Adria Balaguer – 324,000
Karen Sarkisyan – 715,000
Paul Pires Trigo – 1,800,000
Zachary Korik – 1,380,000