Folded to in the cut-off, Nik Lackovic made it 140,000 to go. Justin Cohen called from the button. Martin Drewe, in the small blind, then shipped his over 1,500,000 stack. Lackovic got out of the way and the action was on Cohen.
Tanking, Cohen eventually folded. Drewe now has up over 1,900,000.
Justin Cohen moved his last 815,000 into the pot from the cutoff and Martin Drewe made the call next to act.
Antoine Bechara went deep into the tank from the big blind before opting to pass as Cohen was put at risk.
Cohen:
Drewe:
In a classic race situation, the flop was one of the worst that Cohen would want to see as it left him drawing to just four outs.
The on the turn changed little, but it would be the spiking on the river that would send Cohen to his triumphant feet as he celebrated the double to stay alive with roughly 1,700,000 as Drewe slips to 2,250,000 in chips.
Martin Drewe min-raised from under the gun and the action folded to Justin Cohen in the big blind. Cohen made the call and three cards would be dealt for all to see!
Flop:
Cohen checked and Drewe bet 175,000. Cohen opted to fold, now sitting behind 800,000. Drewe has a touch over 2,200,000.
Justin Cohen entered with a 150,000-chip raise which Antoine Bechara called as the flop fell.
Bechara check-called 225,000 as the landed on the turn and he checked once more.
Cohen asked for a count, and after being informed that Bechara had just 225,000, he pushed in enough chips to commit Bechara.
Bechara instantly made the call tabling his , and when Cohen tabled his to be drawing dead, the meaningless river of the saw Becara pushed the pot to climb to over 1,200,000 while Cohen was left with just 800,000 and change.
Antoine Bechara open shoved his last 235,000. With play folding around to
Martin Drewe in the big blind, having already invested 60,000 in the pot made the blind call, witnessing his hit the table at the same time as all of us. Bechara turned over , needing to dodge to stay alive!
The board ran out and Bechara would be saved. Hallelujah! A double-up leaving Bechara in better shape.
It seems like we havnt seen a flop for a hundred hands. It's more like 7 or 8, but you get our point. The play has folded to the big blind several times, while a few blinds and antes have been picked up with some well timed aggression.