Hands #173-174: Holmes Fires Three Barrels to Nearly Close the Gap

Hand #173: George Holmes raised to 4,400,000 and Koray Aldemir defended the big blind to the flop. A quick check by Aldemir led to a bet worth 4,000,000 by Holmes and that claimed the pot right there.

Hand #174: Aldemir made it 4,600,000 to go on the button and Holmes three-bet to 9,000,000 in the big blind. The call by Aldemir after 31 seconds followed and they headed to the flop. Holmes continued for 5,000,000 and Aldemir followed suit with a call.

The appeared on the turn and Holmes now fired a bet worth 13,000,000. Aldemir called and the biggest heads-up pot so far headed to the river. After taking more than 30 seconds on each of the previous streets, Holmes bet 40,000,000 after one minute and 34 seconds, and Aldemir snap-folded in a matter of six seconds.