Saliba Stays in Contention

Level 20
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Vivian Saliba raised to 54,000 as first to act. Eran Carmi spent some time in the big blind before defending and seeing a flop of K?J?6? appear.
Carmi checked and Saliba pushed all in for 118,000. Another tank followed, but ultimately Carmi called off to put Saliba at risk.
Vivian Saliba: A?K?J?8?
Eran Carmi: 10?9?6?5?
Saliba's two pair was up against the gutshot of Carmi. The 7? river brought Carmi some more out, but the 10? river gave Saliba a straight instead to double up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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420,000
-610,000
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-610,000 |
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368,000
168,000
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168,000 |