Michael Telker Gets Lucky to Survive Hand For Hand
Level 17
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Michael Telker open-shoved all in from the cutoff and was called by Levan Karamanishvili in the big blind with a covering stack.
Telker: 
Karamanishvili: 
The flop was no help to Telker when it came 
, but the 
on the turn was the lighting in the bottle that he needed to stay alive. He faded elimination when the 
came on the river, and he was able to double up and survive.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000
104,000
|
104,000 |
|
45,000
125,000
|
125,000 |