Matt Kirk opened to $4,000 and got calls from Bob Bright in the big blind and Jean-Robert Bellande in the straddle. Kirk bet $5,000 on the flop, and Bright called. Bellande came out with a sizable check-raise to $21,000. Only Kirk called, and he called another barrel of $30,000 on the . Check-check on the , and Kirk won with .

Kirk is now playing north of $530,000, meaning he's within sniffing distance of being even for the session after dropping two $250,000 buy-ins. Bellande, meanwhile, has seen nothing but disappearing money since the dinner break.

Tags: Bob BrightJean-Robert BellandeMatthew Kirk