Kostritsyn Slips

A player in the hijack seat raised to 500, and it folded around to Alexander Kostritsyn who called from the small blind. Both checked the flop. The turn was the
, Kostritsyn bet 600, and his opponent called.
The river brought the . This time Kostritsyn bet 1,700, and his opponent promptly raised to 5,000. After a minute or so, Kostritsyn let it go.
The Russian is down to 3,750. His fellow countryman Ilya Gorodetsky is playing at the next table, and the two had a word just after that hand. Gorodetsky is also below average right now with about 3,500.