Two Pair Good For Mokri This Time
Level 15
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
In a limped pot, Kayhan Mokri and Jean-Noel Thorel checked to the turn on a board of 9♥8♦3♠6♠ when Mokri bet 50,000 on the button.
Thorel called to the 4♠ river, where Mokri fired out another 150,000. Thorel quickly called and turned over J♥6♥ thinking he had won the pot.
Mokri, though, had 6♦3♥ for two pair as he narrowed the gap between them early in the heads-up match.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,850,000
-350,000
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-350,000 |
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1,650,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
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