button in SafariAstedt Turns Higher Straight to Double Up
Level 4
: Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Niklas Astedt raised to 900 from middle position and picked up a call from Chinguun Bolor-Erdene before Aziz Efe reraised to 3,400 from the button. Both Astedt and Bolor-Erdene called the raise.
The flop came 9♥10♣8♥. Astedt bet, Bolor-Erdene folded and Efe raised to 13,500. Astedt then moved all in and Efe quickly called with the bigger stack as players flipped their cards.
Niklas Astedt: K♦J♦
Aziz Efe: Q♣J♣
Astedt had a straight draw but Efe already had a made straight. The turn came the Q♦ and the river the 2♠.
Groans and cheers rang out from the table on the turn as Astedt, one of the poker world's biggest winners, made the better straight to double up his stack.