Lipp Wins a Flip, Leaving Modena on Dust
Level 22
: Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
Matthias Lipp raised to 360,000 from the small blind, and Italo Modena three-bet to 750,000 from the big blind. Lipp four-bet jammed for 2,005,000, and Modena snap-called.
Matthias Lipp: J♦J♣
Italo Modena: A♠Q♣
It was the first flip at the final table between two of the shortest stacks, with Lipp needing to win to stay alive.
The 3♣3♥7♣ flop was safe for Lipp, but Modena picked up the unlikely backdoor quad draw on the 3♦ turn.
However, the 8♠ river was a brick, and Lipp doubled up, leaving Modena with under ten big blinds.