Feb 9, 2020
Alexandre Reard opens to 150,000 and Omar Lakhdari defends his big blind. The flop is and Omar Lakhdari check-calls a 100,000 continuation bet.
The turn is a and the action hots up at this point. With 560,000 in the middle, Reard checks out of turn. Lakhdari asks him what he’s trying to do and Reard tells him that if he bets, it will nullify his action. Lakhdari thinks and goes all in for 2,390,000 and Reard takes all of five seconds to think before calling.
Omar Lakhdari:
Alexandre Reard:
It’s a gutshot, overs and a flush draw for Lakhdari versus Reard’s pair of eights. The river is a and the match isn’t over yet, with Lakhdari closing the gap Reard had been carving between them.
Omar Lakhdari – 5,300,000
Alexandre Reard – 7,600,000