Huge Double for Simunic
Level 13
: 1,200/2,400, 2,400 ante
Josip Simunic now has 320,000 chips to play with after doubling through (now ex-) chip leader Ryan Olisar. The pot remained smallish, heads up to the turned five, when all the fireworks went off at once.
The board: 
. Simunic checked, Olisar bet and was check-raised to 26,000. Action back on Olisar, he raised again, to 60,000. Simunic, with a total remaining stack 157,000, went into the tank for longer than Olisar spent in there before his three-bet. Finally, he moved all-in and was called.
Olisar: 
Simunic: 
The river was the 
and Olisar, who'd been approaching 500,000, had to even up stacks with Simunic.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
320,000 | 264,800 |
|
310,000 | -35,000 |