Luther Gets Big Double Through Popovic
Nikita Luther has grown her stack significantly throughout Day 2. She started with 81,000 and has since added a zero to the end of that total.
In a recent hand, she raised under the gun to 21,000 and got calls from Arnel Popovic in middle position and Nicolas Vayssieres in the big blind.
The flop came 
, and after Luther checked, Popovic bet 26,000. Vayssieres folded and Luther made the call.
The 
fell on the turn, and again Luther checked to Popovic, who bet 66,000.
Luther cut out calling chips, counted the rest of her 358,000 chip stack, then announced that she was all-in.
After some brief thought, Popovic called to see bad news.
Luther turned over 
, which had Popovic's 
needing help on the river.
That help didn't come, as the dealer turned over the 
, sending Luther's stack over 800,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
820,000
739,000
|
739,000 |
|
240,000
-146,000
|
-146,000 |
|
120,000
-311,000
|
-311,000 |