Alawadhi Doubles Through Locatelli in Massive Blind Versus Blind Confrontation
Level 37
: Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante
Action folded to Raffaello Locatelli in the small blind who limped. Ali Alawadhi answered raising to 2,400,000 from the big blind. Locatelli paused briefly before announcing all in and seeing a snap-call from Alawadhi, putting himself at risk and sending the pair to a runout.
Ali Alawadhi: A♦A♠
Raffaello Locatelli: A♥K♠
In what quickly became a massive blind versus blind confrontation with over 50,000,000 chips in the middle, the board ran out 8♦3♠5♣3♦A♣ to secure a huge double for Alawadhi and catapult him to the top of the chip counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
51,000,000 | 31,700,000 |
|
11,000,000 | -26,600,000 |