Cankurtaranli Gets the Double Knockout
Level 12
: Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Nicolae Toma limped from early position and Tahsin Cankurtaranli followed with a limp from the next seat. Hassan Nashar raised to 200,000 without looking at his cards from middle position before Krasimir Yankov shoved for 1,045,000 from the hijack. Toma folded, but Cankurtaranli called with the covering stack. Nashar happily called, having still not looked at his cards.
Hassan Nashar: Q♣8♠ 
Krasimir Yankov: A♠Q♦
Tahsin Cankurtaranli: A♦K♠
Cankurtaranli had the chance to score the double knockout if he avoided a queen or eight. The board came 10♦7♣3♠5♦10♣ to give Cankurtaranli the winner with Big Slick, sending two players out of the tournament.
Nashar has rebought and is sitting at another table with a fresh starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,200,000
1,400,000
|
1,400,000 |
|
1,200,000
315,000
|
315,000 |
|
1,000,000 | |
|
Busted |