From Two Antes to Twenty Big Blinds - Charles Akadiri
Charles Akadiri must feel like he is bulletproof right now after being all-in and at risk three times in a row and surviving each time.
"You've got twenty minute to spin that up!" said Kevin Allen as Akadiri looked down at two antes after a crushing defeat when losing with a flush to a full house in a previous hand.
He got those into the middle with 
and as it would have was suddenly front and centre in a three-way all-in against pocket nines and pocket eights. The board of 
more than trebled Akadiri up to 2,600.
That was still less than two big blinds, so in it went in the next hand, this time due to a raise from Kevin Allen and isolation from a player with 
, looking to more than treble-up again with 
.
The board of 
paid off Akadiri again. Seven big blinds and a dream.
The third hand in a row saw Akadiri move all-in, get raised by one player then re-raised all-in by another player, and with a fold from the middle position original raiser, Akadiri was heads-up to treble-up again. This time, he was in poor shape, with 
well behind his opponent's 
.
The flop of 
saw Akadiri remain behind.
"Seven for a chop?" he asked the poker Gods.
The dealer found a 
instead.
"Heart for the win?" Akadiri requested, upgrading his wish.
The river gave Akadiri the unlikeliest of three consecutive hands in which he more than trebled up, and he now has 21 big blinds, more than enough to pass the next hand. And probably exhale.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,600 | -75,500 |