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Defending Champion Thaller Doubles Up
Level 24
: Blinds 100,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Nikolay Baryshnikov bet 500,000 from the cutoff. Daniel Thaller on the button bet 2,050,000, leaving only 25,000 behind. Baryshnikov just called not realizing there was a pesky white chip behind the line.
The flop came A♥10♠4♦ and Baryshnikov tossed in the 25,000. Thaller surveyed the room to see if there was a laddering opportunity. There wasn't, so he made a quick call.
Daniel Thaller: A♦K♦
Nikolay Baryshnikov: J♣J♠
The defending champion hit an ace on the flop and there was no help for the Russian as the 2♦7♣ completed the board and secured the double up from Thaller. Another double up will be required to get to average stack.