Kuenzel Flips to Stay Alive
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Level 25
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Alex Santiago open-shoved from the button, putting maximum pressure on the short stacks in the blinds. Small blind Derek Kuenzel decided to go for broke with 
, calling all in for 190,000. He was raising Santiago's 
before the flop, and he was racing after a flop of 
. Kuenzel paired nines with the turn 
, then ducked Santiago's river outs to a piece of the pot when the board paired, 
. Kuenzel is now up to about 400,000.