Rodrigues Goes Runner Runner

Ryan Lashmar

Level 20 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Wiktor Weiner opened to 21,000 from under the gun and Michael Rodrigues called from early position. Levan Rcheulishvili raised to 75,000 from the hijack and Weiner called for less, putting himself all in. Rodrigues also made the call.

The flop came 10?7?4? and Rodrigues moved all in for 161,000. Rcheulishvili called with a covering stack to put Rodrigues at risk.

Wiktor Weiner: A?A?3?3?
Michael Rodrigues: K?Q?8?6?
Levan Rcheulishvili: K?J?10?9?

All three players had some equity. Weiner had an overpair, Rodrigues had a flush draw and double-gutshot straight draw and Rcheulishvili had top pair, a gutshot and a bigger flush draw. The rest of the board ran out Q?6?. Rodrigues had missed his flush and straight draws but had made runner runner two pair to take both the main and side pot, eliminating Weiner in the process while taking a huge chunk out of Rcheulishvili's stack.