Salem Doubles; Mhatre Tumbles More
Level 31
: Blinds 120,000/240,000, 240,000 ante
Naseem Salem opened to 480,000 from the hijack and Abhishek Mhatre raised to 1,250,000 from the small blind. Salem responded with a jam at put his entire 3,775,000 stack at risk, and Mhatre paused, before moving in a stack to call.
Naseem Salem: A♠Q♦
Abhishek Mhatre: A♣10♣
Salem was ahead, and things stayed that way on the Q♥4♠A♦ flop, with Salem now looking at two pair. The 9♥ turn and 3♦ river kept Salem ahead and he locked up the double.
Mkatre went from chip leader to having a middling stack within just a few hands of the Level 30.