Hands #18-19: Patrick Eskandar Doubles Thru Daniyal Gheba

Photo:  Patrick Eskandar

HAND #18  –  Daniyal Gheba raises from the small blind to 400,000, taking the blinds and ante.

HAND #19  –  Patrick Eskandar raises from the cutoff to 325,000, Daniyal Gheba reraises from the button to 750,000, and Eskandar four-bets all in for 2,025,000.

Gheba calls with , and Eskandar turns over . Eskandar needs his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board comes , and Gheba flops a gutshot straight draw, but improves no further. Eskandar wins the pot with his king kicker to double up in chips.

Patrick Eskandar  –  4,425,000  (30 bb)
Daniyal Gheba  –  16,000,000  (107 bb)