Back to Back Pots For The Chip Leader: Stanislaw Kretz

(Photo: Stanislaw Kretz)

Stanislaw Kretz is loving life at the moment. He has his shades on, his Marvin Rettenmaier style silk scarf around his neck and he is pushing everyone around. Here is he flexing his muscles.

Hand 1

Andrey Pateychuk raises to 35,000 and Stanislaw Kretz three-bets to 73,000 to his direct left. Everyone folds back around to Pateychuk and he four-bets to 168,000 and Kretz makes the call from position.

The flop is [8c] [7s] [6c] and Kretz takes the pot down with a 185,000 bet when checked to.

Hand 2

Kretz opens to 35,00 in early position, Russell Carson calls on the button as does Sigurd Eskeland in the big blind. The flop is a very aesthetically pleasing [Qh] [Jh] [9h] and the action checks to Carson who checks his cards before betting 52,000. Eskeland folds but Kretz calls and we see another card.

Both players check the [5h] turn and we end the hand with the [9c]. Kretz bets 113,000 and Carson folds his hand.

Table 3

Sigurd Eskeland – 555,000
Thomas Jorgensen – 598,000
Martins Adeniya – 278,000
Russell Carson – 565,000
Thomas Frandsen – 615,000
Andrey Pateychuk – 895,000
Stanislaw Kretz – 2,850,000