Chaoui Under One Big Blind After Doubling Up Hasan
Level 23
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Ercan Hasan open-jammed from under the gun for 480,000 and Mehdi Chaoui called from the big blind with a virtually similar stack.
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Hasan found himself ahead with a small pocket pair and stayed ahead on the ![]()
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flop, though he now was at risk of being counterfeited.
The turn brought the
and Chaoui now picked up an additional flush draw.
However, the river brought the
, giving Hasan the pot worth over a million chips.
After the count was complete, the Frenchman had just 20,000 chips, with 15,000 committed to the small blind the very next hand.