Ladines Cracks Top Set to Double
Level 31
: Blinds 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante
Joshua Ladines opened the action from the cutoff, as he potted it to 875,000. Fahredin Mustafov then repotted from the small blind to 2,875,000, and Ladines, after some consideration, elected to just call. He left 1,025,000 behind. On the 9♥K♣6♣ flop Mustafov shoved and Ladines snapped.
Joshua Ladines: A♣Q♣J♦8♠ 
Fahredin Mustafov: K♥K♦4♦2♠
Ladines needed to hit his gutshot or a club to survive, and the A♠ turn offered him no help, but the 4♣ river gave him the nuts, as yet another short-stack doubled up. "Chip dumping," joked Mustafov pointing around the table, in reference to the lack of knockouts in the past hour.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
8,300,000
4,400,000
|
4,400,000 |
|
||
|
7,700,000
3,850,000
|
3,850,000 |