Barbero Finds Magic Runout To Stay Alive
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Nacho Barbero opened the action to 9,000 from under the gun and it folded around to the big blind who made the call.
The flop came J?8?3? and the big blind checked to Barbero who continued for 11,000. The big blind put in a check-raise to 27,000 and Barbero took a few seconds before moving all in for 111,000 total. The big blind snap-called with a bigger stack and the cards were shown.
Nacho Barbero: A?8?
Opponent: A?A?
The big blind trapped Barbero and had him in rough shape. The turn fell the K? to give Barbero more hope with a flush draw to go along with his pair of eights. The river fell the 8? giving Barbero the lucky eight he was looking for to score the pot and massive double up just before the last level of the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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225,000 | |
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