Hand #32: Sandor Mate Cracks Kings to Double Thru Michal Havavka

Photo:  Sandor Mate (standing, right) gives a cheer as he rivers a straight to crack the pocket kings of Michal Havavka (seated, far left).

In Hand #32 of hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble, Michal Havavka raises from the cutoff, Sandor Mate reraises from the small blind to 69,000, and Havavka reraises to 120,000.

Mate five-bets all in for 196,000, and Havavka quickly calls with and a slightly larger stack. Mate turns over , and needs to improve to stay alive.

The board comes , and Havavka flops a set of kings, but Mate rivers an ace-high straight to win the pot and double up in chips.

Sandor Mate  –  408,000  (51 bb)
Michal Havavka  –  22,000  (3 bb)