Luca Pays Off Kanit
Level 13
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Mustapha Kanit has extended his lead by taking a big pot off Ivan Luca. The Italian raised to 33,000 and then called a three-bet to 101,000 by Luca to see a flop of 
. Both players checked and Kanit then bet the 
turn for 135,000. Luca peeled another card and then was then confronted with a bet of 385,000 on the 
river.
Luca cut out his stack carefully, then called and saw the bad news when Kanit showed 
for a straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,000,000 | 800,000 |
|
620,000 | -457,000 |
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with his 
.
board to double big and leave Carrel short.
and would triumph over Carrel's 
when the board ran out 
.
and was miles ahead of both Winter's 
and Mercier's 
.
. Vogelsang claimed the big pot with 
and nodded when Smith asked him if he had been close to folding.
flop gave Smith some hope with the flush draw and the 
on the turn and 
board.
