Big Double for Ashby
Level 8
: 800/1,600, 0 ante
The cards of Jussi Nevanlinna were already in the muck while a big double for David Len Ashby for 185,700 was counted out. Ashby's cards were still tabled and he had flopped bottom set with 
on a board of 
.
According to Ashby, Nevanlinna had raised from under the gun and was called by Ashby in the cutoff and Sam Soverel in the big blind. The flop was checked to Ashby, and his bet of 11,000 was called by Nevanlinna only. The Finn then check-raised the pot on the turn when facing a bet of 27,000 by Ashby and called the shove of Ashby with 
for top pair, the nut flush draw and an open-ended straight draw.
The river was a blank and Ashby soared into a big stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
405,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
|
70,000
-59,000
|
-59,000 |
|
||
|
22,000
-172,400
|
-172,400 |