Double Double for Your Trouble

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The latest two in a long line of all ins both ended the same way - with the short stack getting a new lease on life.

In the first hand, Daniel El Keslassy raised his button to 23,000. In the big blind, Joel Benzinou shoved for a total of 130,000. El Keslassy looked him up with {a-Clubs} {7-Spades} . Benzinou's {q-Hearts} {j-Spades} was behind, but the {k-Clubs} {10-Hearts} {8-Hearts} {2-Hearts} {a-Spades} board helpfully delivered him a straight. He rebounded to 272,000, sticking El Keslassy with 480,000.

On the other table, Sebastian Homann raised to 20,000 on the button. As we've seen before, the big blind moved all in. This time, the culprit was Julien Labuissiere in the big blind with 122,000. Homann called with {k-Spades} {5-Spades} to put Labuissiere's {a-Diamonds} {j-Clubs} at risk. The {8-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} {3-Diamonds} flop put Homann in the lead, but unlike most of the hands he's played up until this point, his lead didn't hold. The {2-Diamonds} turn and {9-Diamonds} river made Labuissiere a four-card flush to double to 255,000. Homann still has 1.12 million.