Allenberg Looks Down at His Version of "Aces"
Level 20
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
A player in late position opened to 40,000. Action folded around to Michael Allenberg in the small blind who moved all in for about 250,000. After some thought, his opponent made the call.
Michael Allenberg: 
Opponent: 
"Oh, I'm dead," said Allenberg. "No, no, king-six is the nuts," he reassured himself.
The flop came out 
.
"Let's go!" said Allenberg. "I looked down at king-six, it looked like aces," he said.
The board finished with the 
and 
to lock up the double for Allenberg. Apparently a player at the table earlier told Allenberg that king-six was a strong hand, Allenberg took that as truth, and it lived up to the reputation.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
520,000
385,000
|
385,000 |
runout gave Young the double while leaving Sweeney as a short stack.
opened to 40,000 from under the gun and was called by Stephen Jaeger with 
in middle position and Ronan Sweeney in the big blind with 
flop hit the felt and Zhang bet 75,000. Only Jaeger called. 
completed the board and Jaeger survived to get the double.
turn and the opponent called. The river brought the 
for the same flopped two pair.
. 
turn, the big blind player bet 350,000. Again, Lijo made the call. 
and Von Kriegenbergh had a bet of 550,000 in front of him. Margolin check-called and they were off to the 
for two pair.
