Championship: Double, Double

$1,650 Buy-In Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Level 26:  Blinds 20k/40k/4k ante

John Holley shoved for 651k on the button and Alan Ramkhalawan looked him up from the big blind.

John had KhJd and was dominating Alan’s KdTs.  Then the flop came Td9d8d giving Alan top pair with second-nut flush draw.  John had an open-ended straight-flush draw.

The last two fell 5c7d and John completed his straight-flush on the river to double up.  Alan was left with less than 200k.

Alan shoved from the small blind and Derek Bowers called dark from the big.  Alan’s Kd3c was actually ahead of Derek’s Js8s.  The board came Tc5h2c5s3s and Alan doubled up.