Jha Personally Keeping Kornuth Alive
Level 4
: Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
Heads-up on a flop of 9♠7♠4♥, Chance Kornuth bet 1,500 from the cutoff and Mrityunjay Jha called in the big blind.
The turn was the Q♥ and Jha led out for 4,500. Kornuth called to see the 7♣ river, where Jha bet another 6,500, representing most of Kornuth's remaining stack.
Kornuth stopped to take a sip of his tea before calling as Jha showed 10♥8♥ for a missed straight draw. Kornuth turned over A♠9♥ for two pair to win the pot.
"Chance, if you win this tournament, you owe him at least 10 percent," a tablemate said.
"He'll make the Christmas list for sure," Kornuth replied.
"I've doubled him up three times already," Jha added.
"And I still have half of a starting stack," Kornuth said.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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120,000 | |
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30,000
40,600
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40,600 |
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