Nykkonen Eliminates Djoudat

Jaxon

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Aleksandr Konstantinov opened to 11,000. Niko Tapio Nykkonen and Mansour Djoudat called from the small and big blinds.

Nykkonen checked the flop. Djoudat jammed for 84,000 and Konstantinov called. Nykkonen went over the top for over 300,000. Konstantinov shook his head and said, "I can't call," before he folded his hand.

Nykkonen:
Djoudat:

Djoudat said he was in trouble before he saw his opponent's cards. He laughed when he saw his opponent had both the nut-straight and a straight-flush draw.

"Seven, seven," shouted Djoudat hoping for one of the three remaining sevens to give him a chop in the hand.

However, he pleas went unheard as the turn came and the completed the board on the river.

After seeing the , Konstantinov said under his breath that he had . However, even if true, nailing the set on the river wouldn't have helped the Finn.