Deres Gaining Steam
Level 22
: 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante
"I just want to play Mel Judah heads up, I'm not gonna lie," Martin Kozlov admitted. "Then every hand we'll be contesting the bounty." But that's looking less and less likely.
As Kozlov was talking, Judah raised to 46,000 on the button. Kozlov folded, and Gerasimos Deres called out of the big blind. The got a check from Deres, and Judah checked behind. The paired the board and kicked off the action. Deres bet 57,000. Judah responded by raising a towering stack of yellows, a bet worth around 140,000.
Deres sat frozen for a minute before announcing all in. Judah shook his head and mucked. He's back to short again with 275,000. Deres is up to 900,000 and threatening Kozlov's lead.