button in SafariKiriopoulos Holds to Double Up
Level 27
: 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante
Demosthenes was on the button and got all of his chips in the middle against Senthuran Vijayaratnam in the big blind. Kiriopoulos held 
against the 
of Vijayaratnam.
The flop fell 
and Kiriopoulos picked up a straight draw to go with his pair. The turn brought the 
and the river landed the 
. After the stacks were counted, Kiriopoulos got a full double up of 17.6 million, leaving Vijayaratnam with just 1.7 million behind. Vijayaratnam would go on to bust in the next hand, leaving just 48 players remaining.