Alex Farin Doubles Thru Balakrishna Patur

Dec 29, 2020

Alex Farin Doubles thru Balakrishna Patur

Matt Iles (Boozehound) raises UTG+1 to 1.3 million with Heart AHeart 10, and Alex Farin (luckyman10) reraises from the hijack to 3.5 million with Heart QDiamond Q. Balakrishna Patur (pbkreddy) cold-calls from the cutoff with Heart 8Club 8, and Iles also calls.

The flop comes Diamond 8Spade 7Club 2, Iles checks, and Farin bets 4.8 million. Patur calls, and Iles folds.

The turn card is the Spade J, Farin checks, Patur bets 9.0 million, and Farin check-raises all in for 19.8 million.

Patur quickly calls with his set of eights, and Farin turns over his pocket queens. Farin needs a queen on the river to stay alive.

The river card is — the Spade Q!

Farin spikes a higher set on the river to win the pot and double up in chips.

Alex Farin  –  61.2 million  (102 bb)
Balakrishna Patur  –  32.5 million  (54 bb)

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