Andre The (slowly building towards being a) Giant
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Andre Dias, who won a large tournament for �150,000 in this very casino in May 2009 opened preflop to 250 from early position. Team PokerStars Pro and EPT stalwart Alex Kravchenko made the call from the button as the blinds decided not to get involved at this early stage.
The flop came down 
and Dias fired a bet of 375, the studious Russian thought for a moment before making the call to see the 
turn.
Dias fired a second barrel, betting 800 this time and again Kravchenko called, but more quickly this time.
The river was the 
and Dias fired a third time, to the tune of 2,000. Kravchenko instantly called this time, but Dias turned over 
which was good enough to take a noticeable chunk out of the Russian's starting stack