Polito Comes Off Best From Clash With Gromov
Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
The action was opened with a raise from the hijack to 1,200 from Laurent Polito and after the cutoff got out of the way, former WPT Vienna champion Dmitry Gromov three-bet to 2,700 on the button. Both blinds folded and Polito called.
It was therefore heads up to the 
flop, a flop that Polito initially checked, but then called when Gromov continued with a bet of 5,000. The 
turn made the board even scarier and it was no surprise that both players checked. The 
river received the same treatment; both players checked.
Polito turned a pair of red queens onto their backs, whilst Gromov could only muster the lowly 
.