Tikhov's Aces Get Cracked by Zidek

Tim Baker

Level 18 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Patrik Zidek got his stack of roughly 140,000 into the middle preflop with Ivan Tikhov trying to bust him.

Patrik Zidek: Q♣Q♦ All in
Ivan Tikhov: A♥A♦

Zidek had run into the preflop nuts of Tikhov, and needed a lot of assistance from the dealer to remain seated.

Zidek found the help he needed on the Q♠2♦3♥6♥3♦ runout as he improved to a full house, cracking the pocket aces of Tikhov.