Tekle Doubles Through Vallinas
Level 15
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Shiina Okamoto opened to 8,000 from early position and Jon Vallinas shoved for 47,000 from middle position. Henok Tekle called from the big blind with his remaining stack of 25,000 and Okamato got out of the way leaving Tekle at risk against against against Vallinas.
Jon Vallinas: A♠10♠ 
Henok Tekle: A♦Q♣
Tekle was ahead with the bigger ace and held up on the 7♣8♠2♥J♦J♠ runout to score a full double up while Vallinas was left severely short-stacked and busted out soon afterwards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
165,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
64,000
38,500
|
38,500 |
|
Busted |