Oct 27, 2019
In Hand #7 of hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble, three players see a flop of with 48,000 already in the pot. Soomnath Datta bets 30,000 from the small blind, Ian Monahoyios folds the big blind, and Thomas Midena (pictured) moves all in from the cutoff for 92,500.
Datta snap-calls with for a pair of aces, but Midena turns over for a pair of aces with a higher kicker. Midena needs his hand to hold to stay alive.
The turn card is the , the river card is the , and Midena wins the pot with two pair, aces and eights with a queen kicker, to double up in chips.
Thomas Midena – 233,000 (39 bb)
Soomnath Datta – 562,000 (94 bb)