Luca Pays Off Kanit
Level 13
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Mustapha Kanit has extended his lead by taking a big pot off Ivan Luca. The Italian raised to 33,000 and then called a three-bet to 101,000 by Luca to see a flop of 
. Both players checked and Kanit then bet the 
turn for 135,000. Luca peeled another card and then was then confronted with a bet of 385,000 on the 
river.
Luca cut out his stack carefully, then called and saw the bad news when Kanit showed 
for a straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,000,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
||
|
620,000
-457,000
|
-457,000 |