Nitsche Gets Needed Double-Up
Dominik Nitsche opened with a small raise to 4,500 from middle position, and it folded back around to Erik Tamm in the small blind. Tamm thought about a half-minute, then reraised to 12,500. The big blind folded, then Nitsche immediately set his remaining chips out before him, reraising all in for about 55,000 total. Tamm considered the situation further, then made the call.
Nitsche turned over 
, eliciting an "ah-ha!" from his neighbors on that side of the table. Nitsche smiled a little, but not too much, as he knew he still had to sweat the possibility of Tamm improving his 
. The board came 
, and Nitsche survived with a nice double-up.
Nitsche moves to about 110,000, while Tamm slips to the same area of the chip count page with 115,000.