Selvakumaran Doubles Against Tran
Level 25
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Thien Tran opened from the hijack before Ajit Selvakumaran shoved for 455,000 from the small blind. Tran made the call to put Selvakumaran at risk.
Ajit Selvakumaran: A♣A♥
Thien Tran: A♠8♣
Selvakumaran had the aces, which was horrible for Tran, who held ace high.
The flop was an ominous one for Selvakumaran as it came 7♠K♠5♠ to give Tran a flush draw despite being close to dead going into the runout.
Selvakumaran stayed safe on the 5♥ turn, and the 7♦ river avoided a disaster for Selvakumaran as he secured the double.