Hand #90-94: Gary Lin and Ken Demlakian Go Head-To-Head

Sep 26, 2023

HAND #90 – Under the gun+1 Martin Kozlov raises 150,000 and wins the blinds and ante.


HAND #91 – Under the gun Ken Demlakian raises 150,000 and wins the blinds and ante. 


HAND #92 – Richard Lee opens 150,000 from the button, Martin Kozlov defends the big blind. Both players check the flop Club 9Club 10Club 4. On the turn Diamond 9, Lee bets 225,000, Kozlov check-folds. 


HAND #93 – Under the gun Gary Lin raises 150,000, button Nino Marotta and big blind Ken Demlakian call. At the flop Heart KClub 6Spade 6, Lin c-bets 125,000, Marotta folds, Demlakian check-calls. On the Diamond 9 turn and Spade 5 river, Lin c-bets 275,000 and 950,000, Demlakian check-calls. Lin turns over Club AHeart A, Demlakian mucks and says “you could have gotten more, I had Ace-King”. 

Gary Lin – 7,200,000 (96 bb)
Ken Demlakian – 2,550,000 (34 bb)


HAND #94 – Small blind Ken Demlakian limps, big blind Gary Lin checks, both see the flop Spade 5Heart 6Club 6. Lin bets 75,000, Demlakian check-calls. On the Spade 2 turn, Lin sends out 125,000, this time Demlakian check-raises 375,000, Lin calls. On the river Diamond 2, Demlakian jumps out with a shove of 2,025,000, Lin folds. 

Ken Demlakian – 3,150,000 (42 bb)
Gary Lin – 6,600,000 (88 bb)

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