Kayhan ‘KayhanMok’ Mokri is known mostly for his no-limit hold’em skills, but he has been playing a long and swingy heads-up match in 5-card pot-limit Omaha against ‘LUKAKU.’ The two have played mostly $300-$600, but the stakes increased to $500-$1,000 with a $200 ante this week.
Not even a week after LUKAKU collected approximately $1.1 million, Mokri has delivered a counter with even more force. He won about $1.2 million on CoinPoker from Oct. 27-29. The Oct. 29 session proved quite costly for LUKAKU, to the tune of $587,711, and losing with aces was a recurring theme.
Aces Turn to Dust in Four-Bet Pot
LUKAKU started this hand as the effective stack with 111 big blinds and raised to $3,000 on the button. Mokri three-bet, and LUKAKU four-bet right back to $27,000. Mokri called.
On the 8♠6♣6♥ flop, Mokri led out for $11,770. LUKAKU shoved all in for $83,880, and Mokri called with K♦Q♣9♥6♦4♣ for trips. He was way out in front as LUKAKU had A♦A♠J♣9♣9♠.
The players ran the board twice. The first run produced Q♥ and 4♠, no help to LUKAKU. Likewise, the K♠, 7♠ turn and river made Mokri another winning full house.
AA, no good. pic.twitter.com/yRthilrasV
— CoinPokerAction (@CoinPokerAction) October 31, 2025
Hand Analysis
Four-betting aces isn’t going to be a given in heads-up PLO, especially once stacks start to get deeper. In this case, the players are close to 100 blinds, so that isn’t really a factor, but it’s important to remember that aces become devalued in 5-card PLO. One pair simply doesn’t win as often in this game. Equities in general all run closer.
LUKAKU has pretty strong aces here, double-suited and relatively well-connected, even if one of the suits is non-nutted. Mokri makes a rather loose three-bet with a double-suited but disconnected hand, and LUKAKU’s four-bet pushes some equity, so it’s a good play.
Once the flop comes out paired, Mokri opts to lead out. He’ll have more trips in general here, but even if LUKAKU always has aces, they could still easily have trips. It’s going to happen more often in 5-card PLO than regular PLO. The small sizing Mokri uses should ensure he gets some value against unimproved aces, though.
Facing the small lead, LUKAKU makes a bizarre decision to shovel all their chips in. Having two pairs in their hand does help the equity quite a bit against Mokri’s nutted hands.
Still, Mokri is only likely to have two subsets of hands in this scenario: trips or better, and bluffs that will include straight draws and wraps. That’s especially true on a rainbow board. Aces with some backup, like a straight draw or even an 8, seem like okay hands to jam in. Shoving essentially naked aces is just going to isolate the nutted hands in Mokri’s range and the draws that have enough equity to call off anyway.
Mokri happily gets in with trips and a good kicker, and he wins a $220,160 pot.
LUKAKU Gets Greedy With Aces
In this hand, the players were 155 blinds deep, and LUKAKU again opened on the button to $3,000. Mokri called.
Both players checked the flop, bringing a board of 10♦9♥3♠5♦. Mokri checked again, and this time, LUKAKU potted $6,340. Mokri potted right back to $25,360. LUKAKU called. The river was the 9♠. Mokri checked this time, then called a wager of $28,530.
LUKAKU showed A♦A♥7♦4♠2♦ for aces up. It was no good, as Mokri showed Q♦J♣4♦3♦3♥ for 3s full. He collected a pot worth $114,180.
$114k pot at $500-$1,000 PLO5. pic.twitter.com/JtiGSsOYHe
— CoinPokerAction (@CoinPokerAction) October 31, 2025
Hand Analysis
This hand begins with a normal open by LUKAKU and Mokri defending a pretty bad hand that will nonetheless always be played.
LUKAKU opts to check back the flop here, which is prudent. Not blocking anything on the board and holding a hand that can find some friendly situations on the turn, checking is best.
That is indeed what happens, as LUKAKU picks up a monster draw. Facing another check, it’s time to start getting money in the pot, and potting is the best way to do so.
Mokri goes for the check-raise with bottom set and considerable backup. That last part is key, because as far as hands that beat Mokri, 5-5 is going to be the biggest concern. He unblocks that holding, and LUKAKU checked back the flop, so they won’t have the bigger flopped sets very often. If LUKAKU does have a set of 5s, Mokri still has some equity with a nut open-ender and diamonds.
Once LUKAKU calls and the board pairs, Mokri checks. It’s an interesting play, and it works from a range standpoint, because Mokri’s actually near the bottom of his value range. Most of his other value hands will have made full houses as well, and they’ll all obviously be bigger than 3s full. Furthermore, holding three diamonds in his hand means his opponent has fewer missed draws.
LUKAKU is in a pretty similar spot, unblocking the entire board and blocking most of the draws. Going for value with aces is extremely greedy here, especially if Mokri is going to mix in checks with his full houses. It’s probably best to just show this hand down, and the greedy bet cost LUKAKU an additional chunk of $28K.
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