Kings Are Good
You remember Marcel Lüske shouting "Kings are good!" in the Main Event a decade ago? Well, kings are still good, though Andrey Golubev didn't make such a show out of it like Lüske did.
Evgenii Starikov opened for 1,000 under the gun and action folded to Golubev in the small blind. He made it 2,000 to go, and the big blind quickly folded - Sarikov made the call.
Golubev checked and Starikov checked behind. Golubev checked again on the 
turn, and he called the 2,500 bet even before Starikov had the necessary chips in the pot to commit to his verbal declaration.
The river was the 
and both players checked. After some talk in a language we didn't understand (most likely Russian), Starikov mucked his cards. Golubev didn't need to show his cards, but he did. He opened 
and took down the pot.
Apparently we missed some big hands before this one as Golubev has about 38,000 after this hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
38,000
23,000
|
23,000 |