Ludovic Periaux Doubles Up with the Nuts

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The player in the cutoff limps for 400, Ludovic Periaux limps from the cutoff, the small blind limps, and Jimmy Tran checks the option in the big blind.

All four players check to the turn on a board of , and it checks to the hijack, who bets 1,500. Periaux calls, and the small blind check-raises to 3,500. Tran folds, the hijack folds, and Periaux calls.

The river card is the , putting a four-card straight on the board. The small blind bets 5,000, and Periaux quickly moves all in for 17,000. The player in the small blind tanks for a while before he calls with a larger stack, and Periaux turns over for the nuts — a ten-high straight.

The small blind mucks, and Periaux wins the pot to double up in chips.

Ludovic Periaux  –  44,500  (111 bb)