Ace King the Angstgegner for Kataev

Do you remember how we applauded Dimitri Kataev cool and collected demeanor, how we were impressed by his stoically glare?

Well, we're still impressed by his play, but he's out. Yeah, all of those half a million chips are gone now.

He first had to donate 200,000 in chips to Serder Saglam in a three-bet pot with to . The flop had been , and Kataev called the check-raise jam with ace-king high. Two blanks later they changed position chip wise.

Not much later, ace-king would again prove no good for Kataev.

Saglam had opened again, Kataev had three-bet again, and Saglam had called again. The flop was and Saglam had checked again. Kataev had again made a continuation bet. This time around, Saglam called and didn't jam.

The fell on the turn and Saglam checked. Kataev bet 66,000, and nów Saglam moved all in. Kataev made the call with , and was behind against Saglam's .