Stelmak Picks Off Palacios
Dmitriy Stelmak raised to 195,000 from the small blind. Bolivar Palacios called in the big blind and the flop came down . Stelmak fired a continuation bet worth 165,000 and Palacios called.
The hit the turn and Stelmak checked. Palacios bet 310,000 and Stelmak called.
The river completed the board with the and Stelmak checked. Palacios bet 415,000 and Stelmak called.
Palacios tabled for king high. Stelmak held the for queens and nines and won the pot. He's now up to 4.6 million while Palacios dropped back to 4.4 million.
Stelmak is a full-time poker pro from Moscow who came to the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure with a bunch of friends from Russia.
Before playing poker, he was studying Mathematics and Science at the University of Moscow. His favorite poker game is pot-limit Omaha. He started playing poker five years ago online and four years ago went to his first live tournament. Last year, Stelmak took eighth in the $25,000 High Roller for $66,885.