Alan Manuel Mehamed Doubles Through Oscar Alache
Level 5
: 200/400, 50 ante
Oscar Alache was under the gun and raised to 1,025. Joaquin Earcena was in the small blind and three-bet to 2,700. Alan Manuel Mehamed decided to four-bet to 6,000 from the big blind, and Alache quickly five-bet to 12,500. Earcena snap-folded. Mehamed piled his entire stack of 24,625 chips in the middle and Alache quickly called.
Mehamed: 
Alache: 
Mehamed was well ahead with two black kings, and had to dodge an ace to stay alive. As it turned out, the flop came 
, giving Alache a flush draw to add to his lone over card. The turn was the 
and Alache now picked up extra outs to make a wheel.
The river was the 
and Mehamed was able to dodge a significant amount of cards to avoid being the first man down in his high roller.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
62,000 | -26,800 |
|
53,000 | 27,325 |