Gorr Doubles Through Sukkar; Commandeers Chip Lead
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Gorr opened the hand with a raise to 70,000 from late position. Sukkar made the call from the big blind.
The flop came
and both players checked, opting to see a free turn: 
. Sukkar slid a single stack of yellow 5,000 chips into the middle -- a bet worth 100,000 -- and Gorr responded by moving all in (767,000). Sukkar tanked for quite some time, all the while standing behind his chips and examining his stack. Eventually Sukkar made the call and tabled a pocket pair of nines; Gorr revealed
for a set and was miles ahead.Despite a few cries from the rail for a nine, the river delivered the
and Gorr successfully doubled through to 1,690,000 in chips. Sukkar was left with 1,170,000 -- a stack formidable enough that any of the 11 remaining players would be happy to own.