Sitbon Doubles After "Slowroll"

Frank Visser

Level 9 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The action folded to the short-stacked Julien Sitbon in the small blind, who limped in. Sirzat Hissou checked in the big blind, and both players knuckled the table on the Q?6?3? flop.

The 2? turn then fell and Sitbon put in a pot-sized bet of 9,000 chips. Hissou did not deem that enough, however, and put all his chips in the middle, covering Sitbon's 30,000-chip stack.

Sitbon thought it over for a while, talking a bit to his opponent in the meantime. Eventually, he made the call for his tournament life.

Julien Sitbon: Q?8?
Sirzat Hissou: Q?7?

The 5? river completed the board and Sitbon's kicker remained in play.

"Slowroll," Alejandro Lococo said jokingly.

"A little bit," Sitbon admitted with a smile on his face while he raked in the pot and doubled up his dire stack.