Mokri Squeezes In a Double
Level 9
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Leon Sturm kicked off the action with a raise to 13,000 from the hijack. Francisco Benitez called from the button and Biao Ding followed suit from the small blind.
Kayhan Mokri was sitting in the big blind and thought if over for a bit before jamming in his stack of 241,000 chips. Sturm quickly folded but Benitez went deep into the tank.
After using a few time bank extensions, he slammed in a tower of chips for a rejam, also covering Ding. Ding would got out of the way, however, leading to a showdown between the other two players.
Kayhan Mokri: A?K?
Francisco Benitez: 8?8?
Mokri paired his king on 4?K?J? and the eights remained absent on the 9?7? runout, doubling him up and leaving Benitez with less than a starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
514,000
264,000
|
264,000 |
|
345,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
275,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
242,000
-295,000
|
-295,000 |