Rodriguez Rivers a Straight to Double Up
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Martin Thiel came into the day as the Day 1C chip leader and continued to run up a stack in the early parts of Day 2. He was sitting with nearly 700,000 chips when he got involved in a hand with David Rodriguez.
Thiel raised to 22,000 from middle position and Rodriguez defended his big blind. The flop came 
and Rodriguez check-called a bet of 25,000 from Thiel. The turn was the 
and Rodriguez checked again. Thiel fired another 50,000 and Rodriguez called.
The river landed the 
, putting four cards to a straight on the board. Rodriguez pushed all-in for 89,000 and Thiel called faster than Rodriguez could blink. Rodriguez turned over 
for a straight while Thiel held 
for just top pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
505,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
||
|
380,000
330,500
|
330,500 |