Kitai Has Some Major Kicker Issues
Level 23
: 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante
A short-stacked Davidi Kitai shoved all in for 321,000 from early position and Kenneth Smaron called from the button. The blinds both folded and Kitai discovered the bad news.
Kitai: 
Smaron: 
Kitai had some major kicker issues, and things only got worse when the 
flop delivered Smaron a flush draw. Amazingly, the 
spiked on the turn to give Kitai the lead, though Smaron was drawing very much alive to the river. The dealer burned one last time and put out the 
. Smaron missed and sent a quarter of his stack across the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
900,000
-360,000
|
-360,000 |
|
700,000
320,000
|
320,000 |
|
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