Kanit Triples Up
Level 16
: 15,000/30,000, 3,000 ante
Paul Newey raised to 65,000 from the button and then folded to a 180,000-three-bet of Juha Helppi out of the big blind. One hand later, Mustapha Kanit moved all in from the button and both Helppi as well as Ivan Soshnikov in the big blind called. The Russian tossed in the chips and then said to Kanit "I hope you win."
The board of 
was checked down and the three players revealed their cards:
Soshnikov: 
Helppi: 
Kanit: 
Two pair for the Italian won the pot and he remains short-stacked but is still in it to win it.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,450,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
1,335,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
260,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
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