Pavlov Doubles with Dream Flop
Level 35
: Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante
With the clock paused as a player was eliminated on the other table, Atanas Pavlov opened to 5,025,000 on the button. Small blind Nadav Avrahami called the raise, then bet out in the dark upon seeing his opponent's sole T-25,000 chip behind.
The 10♦K♣9♣ flop was dealt, and Pavlov called all in.
Atanas Pavlov: K♠10♠
Nadav Avrahami:K♥Q♥
It was a sick one for Avrahami, whose top pair was in very bad shape. He had outs to a queen or jack, but couldn't hit on the 4♦4♣ runout, giving him the unwanted title of shortest stack at the unofficial final table.