Moraes Doubles Through Silver
Level 25
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Alexandru Papazian opened to 125,000 and Zvi Stern then three-bet all in for 765,000 to claim the pot uncontested.
One hand later, Anthony Zinno made it 125,000 to go and folded to the shove of [Removed:2] in the small blind.
Maksoud raised the button to 110,000 and Max Silver defended to check-fold a flop of 
. The very next hand, the action folded around to Silver and he open-shoved the small blind. Rafael Da Silva Moraes called in the big blind and the cards were tabled.
Moraes: 
Silver: 
The flop came 
and top pair met a gutshot and nut flush draw. On the 
turn, Moraes had locked up the double with his straight, making the 
river a formality. The Brazilian doubled for 780,000 and that cost Silver one third of his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,595,000
805,000
|
805,000 |
|
1,425,000
875,000
|
875,000 |