Kanit Wounded as He Doubles Up Two Opponents
Mustapha Kanit recently took two significant hits to his stack after starting the day as one of the top ten in chips.
In one hand, Kanit was in the cutoff in a heads-up pot against Pablo Mariz in the big blind. Mariz checked on the board of 
and called a bet of 26,000 from Kanit.
Mariz checked again on the 
river and Kanit bet to put Mariz all-in. Mariz called. Kanit showed 
for a pair of nines, which was no good against the flopped flush of Mariz with 
.
A few hands later, Kanit was in the big blind in a heads-up pot against Lance Yuen in middle position and got to the river with the board reading 
. Kanit bet 55,000 on the river and Yuen moved all-in for about 155,000 and Kanit called. Yuen tabled 
for a Broadway straight, while Kanit showed 
for a worse straight.
All said and done, the Italian pro was left with about 260,000 in his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
350,000
252,000
|
252,000 |
|
280,000
117,500
|
117,500 |
|
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|
260,000
-215,000
|
-215,000 |
|
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