Emma Lee Takes it on the Flop

Photo:  Emma Lee

Emma Lee raises from under the gun and Dmitry Nemirovsky three-bets to 11,000, the big blind calls and so does Lee. The flop is checked to Lee, who bets 15,000.

Nemirovsky instantly curses in Russian to two friends on the nearby rail and folds with frustration, the big blind also folds.

“What is your name?” he asks and Lee replies “Emma”. The player in the nine seat jokes “and his name is Pavel,” referring to the heavy Russian accent of Nemirovsky.

“I had kings,” Nemirovsky adds and Lee replies “oh, unlucky, I had ace-king”.

Lee was one of the bigger stacks on the break and continues to ascend on the leaderboard.

Emma Lee – 230,000 (153 bb)
Dmitry Nemirovsky – 160,000 (107 bb)