Bechara Spikes River
Level 20
: 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante
Isaac Lau opened to 45,000 from the hi-jack only to have Antoine Bechara move all in for 249,000 from the cutoff.
With the action on South African Darren Kramer, he four-bet shoved for over 690,000 and Lau opted to fold.
Kramer:
Bechara:
With Bechara dominated and needing to spike to stay alive, the still saw him trailing, but left him with backdoor outs to improve, along with any ten.
The turn of the was one of those outs he needed, as one of the four remaining jacks in the deck would ensure survival.
Dink! The was slapped on the river by the dealer to see Bechara remain alive with close to 600,000 as Kramer slipped to 440,000 in chips.