Hands #188-191: Tran Crippled; Doubles

Hand #188: Alexander Antonios raised to 26,000 from the button and Michael Tran three-bet to 81,000. Steven Zhou asked for a count of the stack of Antonios and then folded his big blind. Antonios called and they checked the flop.

After the turn, Tran check-called a bet of 56,000 and the fell on the river. Antonios bet 125,000 and Tran only had about 200,000 behind. He gave it a lot of thought before calling and Antonios showed for a set of aces as winning hand.

Hand #189: Tran raised to 24,000 from the button and won the blinds and antes.

Hand #190: The action folded to Antonios in the small blind and he open-shoved into the big blind of Tran. The latter mucked his cards.

Hand #191: Tran raised to 32,000 from the small blind and Zhou called out of the big blind to see the flop. Tran moved all in for 51,000 after the action got checked to him and Zhou called off.

Zhou:
Tran:

Middle pair versus open ended straight draw. Tran needed to catch the straight after the turn improved Zhou's hand to two pair and sure enough the fell on the river to let Tran's rail erupt.