Shoja Counterfeits Shirazi For a Fortunate Double
Level 25
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Shahab Shirazi moved all in from the small blind, and Masoud Shoja called for 495,000 in the big blind.
Masoud Shoja: A♠6♥
Shahab Shirazi: 6♣6♦
Shoja was looking for an ace to survive, but he instead watched as the board came K♠Q♠4♥Q♥K♣. The two pair on the board counterfeited Shirazi's pair, and Shoja took the pot with his ace to double up.
At the same table, James Freeman is sitting on a monster stack of around 4,000,000.