Vidovic Doubles His Short Stack

Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
There was a shout by the dealer of an all in and a call on Table 2. Josip Vidovic was all in for his remaining 180,000 chips holding and needed some help from the board after Demosthenes Kiriopoulos turned over
.
Depending on how you look at it, help maybe came on the flop of . Even though Kiriopoulos hit top pair, Vidovic gained another out for a straight draw. The
on the turn didn't improve either player's hand, however, the
on the river handed Vidovic a double-up with the nut straight.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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500,000
49,000
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49,000 |
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412,000
111,000
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111,000 |