Kayhan Mokri continues to challenge himself at the highest stakes available on CoinPoker. A week after he won a $1 million pot playing in $500,000 buy-in games with a $5,000 big blind, Mokri was back at it, this time against ‘ATAKA,’ a player rumored to be high-stakes online legend Timofey Kuznetsov.
The swings have been understandably massive, and Mokri has come out ahead by about $1 million so far. During the most recent sessions, played on Jan. 18 and Jan. 21, Mokri accounted for about $850,000 of that win.
ATAKA Goes for Thin Value
Playing 155 big blinds deep at $2,500-$5,000 with a $1,000 ante, Mokri raised to $12,500, and ATAKA called.
Both players checked the flop, leading to a board of 7♥5♥4♠9♦. ATAKA bet $19,237, and Mokri called. On the 2♦ river, ATAKA bet $62,975. Mokri called.
ATAKA showed J♠7♣ for a pair of 7s, but Mokri took the $191,425 pot with K♣9♣ for a pair of 9s.
Nearly $1.9 million on the table… heads-up. pic.twitter.com/DyMxSPE55l
— CoinPokerAction (@CoinPokerAction) January 23, 2026
Hand Analysis
The first two streets aren’t that interesting in this hand. Preflop is standard, and on the flop, Mokri doesn’t have a very good hand to bet with. K-9 with a heart is a better hand to start barreling with since it has more turn and river playability.
On the turn, ATAKA certainly has a good enough hand to bet. A 7 with a decent kicker can go for value, even using the bigger size, as ATAKA does here. Worse hands will still have to call, and the in-position player will have plenty of weaker pairs, including pair-plus-draw hands like 6-4.
ATAKA missteps here with an out-of-line river bet, though. Since the out-of-position player wants to bet a lot of thinner value one-pair hands here, they should predominantly use a smaller, block-bet sizing.
Since a pair of 7s is the bottom of the value-betting range here, these hands definitely want to use the block size. Betting large with a 7 is simply too thin, as the in-position player will show up with a lot of 9s after checking back the flop and calling the turn. A smaller bet ensures getting called by some weaker pairs again.
Unfortunately for ATAKA, the aggressive play proves costly, as Mokri has the superior pair. It’s not an exciting river call, but it has to be made, as Mokri won’t have too many stronger holdings in this line. The solver actually begins mixing folds with weaker kickers, showing why valuing J-7 big isn’t a great idea here.
Mokri’s Overbet Pays Off
Playing 183 blinds deep, ATAKA limped in from the small blind, and Mokri checked.
Both players checked the flop, and the board read K♠K♦10♦A♣. Mokri bet $16,100, and ATAKA called. On the 8♥ river, Mokri overbet again, this time $54,950.
ATAKA called but couldn’t beat A♦7♣, so Mokri won a pot of $154,100.
Just a little (checks notes) $2.5k-$5k no-limit hold’em!?!?!🤯 pic.twitter.com/IcfZLwQVav
— CoinPokerAction (@CoinPokerAction) January 23, 2026
Hand Analysis
Playing a limping range is going to be fine in heads-up poker, particularly with an ante involved. ATAKA does use a strategy that includes some limps. Mokri is supposed to raise a linear range of hands in response to the limps, meaning raising more often when he’s in the stronger parts of his range. Medium strength aces all mix raises and checks, and Mokri chooses to check.
Both players check the flop, and Mokri actually has the range advantage on the turn here. The small blind should raise most of their strong ace-high and king-high hands, and they’ll have a lot of weaker stuff in the limping range. The big blind, meanwhile, has to be more careful, especially playing deep stacks like this, so they will get to this spot with some good hands.
Mokri can do both small and huge betting. Most of the big bets are reserved for trip kings, but it’s okay to mix some of the A-X hands in at a low frequency as well. Mokri should almost always have the best hand, and his good hands are in a hurry to build the pot.
It’s much the same situation on the river. Mokri should actually only use the overbet, as most of his range is pretty polar: trip kings or bluffs. This is a rare instance when Mokri has a medium-strength hand, but he can usher some of the A-X hands into the overbetting range again.
ATAKA is supposed to call with some 10-X hands, and they might even consider hero-calling some queen-high hands, since those still beat Mokri’s bluffs.
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