Miracle River for Kostritsyn
Level 5
: 2,000/4,000, 0 ante
Peter Jetten put in a raise to 10,000 before Alexander Kostritsyn three-bet from the small blind to 27,000. Jetten opted to make the call in position and head to a flop.
The first three community cards came down . Kostritsyn stayed aggressive with a bet of 23,000. Jetten made the call.
The was added to the board on the turn and Kostritsyn moved all in for 82,500. Jetten snap-called holding the for top set, the current nuts. Kostritsyn was drawing to an open-ended straight draw with the .
The river smacked the board with the and nailed Kostritsyn's straight. He won the hand and doubled up to 270,000 after a miracle river card. Jetten was knocked back to 145,000 and left to think about only what could've been.