May 29, 2019
In Hand #10 of hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble, Dominik Nitsche is down to 24,000 under the gun, and he puts 20,000 in preflop against Don Vu on the button.
The flop comes , Nitsche checks, Vu bets enough to put Nitsche all in, and Nitsche calls with for ace high. Vu turns over , and Nitsche is actually ahead with his eight kicker.
But the turn card is the , the river card is the , and both players make the same hand — two pair, aces and tens, with a king kicker. It’s a chopped pot.
Nitsche says, “How bad do I run?”
Don Vu – 265,000 (66 bb)
Dominik Nitsche – 29,000 (7 bb)