Dinh Finally Dents Rabelas
Thai Dinh and Eric Rabelas went head-to-head in back-to-back pivotal hands that would leave one as the short stack at the five-handed table.
The first hand was a nasty one for Dinh, who called Rabelas' all-in with K♥K♠. He celebrated when he saw Rabelas had Q♦Q♣.
But the catch-up needed came in the most unusual way, as the runout 8♥A♠8♠8♣A♣ produced a full house on the board, and the players chopped the pot.
On the second hand, Dinh raised to 10,000,000 from the cutoff and Rabelas called in the big blind.
Both players checked when the flop hit 7♦3♣K♦. The turn brought the 9♣ and a 9,000,000-chip bet from Dinh, and call from Rabelas.
The river was the 6♣. Dinh bet 23,000,000. Rabelas took several minutes thinking of the call, which was more than half of his remaining stack of 44,000,000.
He eventually made the call.
Dinh showed K♣J♣ to take it down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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134,000,000
86,500,000
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86,500,000 |
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21,000,000
57,500,000
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57,500,000 |
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