Pentefountas: "Keep it Clean!"

Ryan Lashmar

Level 16 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Action was picked up on the flop with the board reading 7?8?2? and players heads up. Ioannis Pentefountas had bet 55,000 from the big blind and Hajime Watanabe moved all in with a covering stack, applying maximum pressure with the money bubble being only a few eliminations away. With a pained expression on his face, Pentefountas flicked in the call and was at risk.

Ioannis Pentefountas: 8?8?
Hajime Watanabe: K?J?

Pentefountas had flopped the nuts with top set, but Watanabe was very live with the possibility of catching any club for a flush or running cards for a straight.

"Keep it clean. Keep it clean," Pentefountas beckoned as the board ran out to decide his fate.

"Good card" Pentefountas commented as the K? came on the turn, removing the runner straight possibilities for Watanabe.

The river was the 10? and Pentefountas stayed alive, securing a full double-ip while Watanabe's stack was cut in half.