Barakat Comes Back With Vegeance, Busts Vihikainen
Level 3
: Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
"Gypsy Baron" opened to 7,000 in the hijack. Aki Vihikainen flat-called in the cutoff before Youness Barakat piled in a three-bet to 31,000 on the button.
"Gypsy Baron" quickly released his cards, but Vihikainen wanted to see a flop and called. Barakat bet 75,000 on the 8♥10♦J♦ flop, and Vihikainen check-raised all in for not much more. Barakat instantly called, revealing the cards.
Aki Vihikainen: 9♣7♥6♣5♥ 
Youness Barakat: A♥A♣Q♣9♦
Barakat had flopped the nut straight against Vihikainen's second nuts. The remaining runout could not save Vihikainen, who became the second player to exit on Day 1b.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
350,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
330,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
Busted |