El Bakkouri Doubles Through Fletcher
Level 26
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Mohamed El Bakkouri opened with a raise on the button. Julio Sanchez folded his small blind, but Arron Fletcher in the big blind had a different plan. He slid a tower of T-100,000 chips forward, enough to cover El Bakkouri. The Frenchman snap-called the remainder of his stack off.
Arron Fletcher: 
Mohamed El Bakkouri: 
The best hand stayed ahead from start to finish: 
. El Bakkouri doubled up to 1,500,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,350,000
-950,000
|
-950,000 |
|
1,500,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
, action was on Hamza NBaba. NBaba had previously check-called a bet from Fernandez on the flop and both players had checked the turn.
for the rivered trips and Fernandez mucked his hand.
flop, but Kakkonen picked up an inside straight draw on the 
turn. The river 
was safe for Rodero, netting him the double-up.
flop. On the 
and Fletcher bet 480,000. NBaba quickly raised to a cool million, which confused Fletcher a great deal. Eventually, he ended up calling with his 
and chopped the pot when NBaba showed 
.