Mekhail Mekhail Doubles Thru Doug Hartwick With a Set on the River

Mekhail Mekhail (pictured) limps under the gun for 12,000, Doug Hartwick moves all in from the big blind, and Mekhail tanks for a while before he says, “I was born on the fifth, so I’m gonna call with pocket fives.”

Mekhail calls all in for 123,000 with , but Hartwick may have been born on the sixth, because the turns over . Mekhail needs to improve to stay alive.

The board comes , and the table reacts loudly as Mekhail rivers a set of fives to win the pot and double up in chips.

Mekhail Mekhail  –  266,000  (22 bb)
Doug Hartwick  –  265,000  (22 bb)