Kogotkov and Quoss Battle in Blinds
We are a little less than 60-minutes away from the end of play and the action has slowed down a little. Over on Sam Greenwood’s table the Canadian is still busy plugging away at that crossword and action folded around to Russia’s Sergey Kogotkov in the small blind who elects to check his option.
Big blind Fabian Quoss decided to play for a little more though and raised it up to 1,700. Kogotkov shot Quoss a sidelong look before deciding to re-raise and makes it 4,000 to go.
It is Quoss’ turn to shoot his opponent a sidelong glance but after a few seconds the German elected to call and the two are off to a flop of 
.
Kogotkov continuation bet 4,500 and Quoss thought it over before sliding a single yellow 5k chip into the middle of the table and the dealer burns and turns the 
.
Neither player seemed too thrilled about it and the action went check, check to bring in the 
river. Both players are playing the sidelong stare-down game, attempting to eye each other up as the river comes off the top of the deck without being caught eyeing each other up. This makes for interesting viewing and it looks like Quoss won that battle as Kogotkov is the man to look away first.
Unfortunately for Quoss this is all he wins in this particular hand as Kogotkov was looking away to determine his bet size and leads for 3,500 and Quoss quickly folds.
Greenwood is still plugging away at his crossword as we leave, so it must be a tough one.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
33,000 | |
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19,700
-12,300
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-12,300 |