Verbakel Doubles
Level 25
: Blinds 0/0, 50,000 ante
3♣2♣Q♥J♦J♥
J♣9♦3♥K♦2♦
There were 350,000 chips in the middle and action had checked to Ian Matakis in the cutoff who bet 150,000, Matthew Tamura called in the small blind and Bjorn Verbakel announced "all in" from the big blind. Matakis decided to put Tamura all in, Tamura went into the tank but decided to fold.
Bjorn Verbakel: A♣Q♦10♠8♥ 
Ian Matakis Q♣9♥8♣3♦
Verbakel scooped the pot as his ace played as the top board kicker, while he completed a straight on the bottom board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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3,200,000
1,000,000
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1,000,000 |
|
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2,100,000
1,180,000
|
1,180,000 |
|
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1,000,000
25,000
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25,000 |