Atanas Chips
Atanas Gueorguiev opened to 1,325 from the button and Dermot Blain called from the big blind to see a flop. Blain checked, Gueorguiev bet 1,600, and Blain made a quick call without looking up from the felt.
Blain checked again on the turn and this time Gueorguiev checked behind while staring intently at Blain who remained staring intently at the board.
The river came down the and Blain checked again. Gueorguiev bet 3,000, and Blain now gave it up. Gueorguiev, who's got two EPT finals and an Irish Open final to his name, making him number one in the all-time money list in his native Bulgaria, increased his stack to 40,000. Blain took the loss with equanimity - on 95,000 after that, he's still one of our bigger stacks.