Xenofontos Pays Off Budin
Level 19
: 6,000/12,000, 0 ante
Joshua Budin has increased his stack to half of the chips in play with five participants remaining. Xen Xenofontos defended his big blind until the river of a board ![]()
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and then faced the bet of 155,000 by his opponent. The pot until then was already close to 200,000 chips and Xenofontos then called only to see Budin flip over ![]()
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for the nut flush.
"Such a mistake," Xenofontos said to himself and his opponent, forfeiting a big portion of his stack with a straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
970,000
304,000
|
304,000 |
|
|
133,000
257,000
|
257,000 |