Lucky Ace on the River Saves Villa-Lobos
Level 21
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Action folded to Nicolau Villa-Lobos on the button and he shoved for 160,000. The small blind folded and Georgios Karakousis made a quick call from the big.
Villa-Lobos: 
Karakousis: 
The 
in the window looked good for Villa-Lobos, but the 
and 
that followed it on the flop did not. Karakousis flopped trips and left Villa-Lobos in need of an ace. The 
turn was not it, but as you can tell from the title of this post, the river was; in fact, it was the 
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,200,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
340,000
150,000
|
150,000 |