How Jivkov Got His Groove Back
World Series of Poker bracelet and three time ring winner Nick Jivkov currently graced the top of our chip counts, and he was kind enough to tell us how he got them. Well, actually, he texted us the details. Here's what he wrote:
"At 100/200/25 I had about 42K. I opened middle position to 525 with 
. The big guy in the cutoff reraised to 1,200 and button cold called. I also called. Flop was 
. I got top two pair and check. Guy checks and button fires 1,000. I am expecting the big dude to raise here so I call. The dude also calls."
"Turn is 
. I decide to lead out for 2,500. The big guy raised me to 7,500. Button reluctantly folds. I thought the only hand that makes sense in this spot is 
or 
. Small chance he has 
, but was pretty confident he was semi-bluffing with straight flush draw and I was confident he fires a big bluff on the river if it bricks, so I opt to call."
"The 
hits the river and I check to him. He fires 7,000. I shipped in about 34,000 and after leveling himself over a previous hand where I made a huge river bet and made him fold a big hand, he made the call and showed ."