Ilyas Muradi Takes it on the River

Ilyas Muradi opens to 900 UTG+1 and is called by the player on his left in early position. Action folds to the small blind, who three-bets to 4,000, and the big blind cold-calls. Both Muradi and the player on his left also call.

The flop comes and the small blind checks. The big blind bets 5,000 and Muradi calls. The early-position player thinks for over 30 seconds and finds a fold, with the small blind folding behind.

Action goes heads up to the turn and the big blind thinks for close to a minute before checking. Muradi checks behind and the river comes , where the big blind checks again. Muradi bets 9,500 and receives a fold to earn him the pot.

Ilyas Muradi – 58,500 (146 bb)