Strong Takes a Big Hit

Level 6
: 250/500, 75 ante
The stack of Rodrigo Strong has been halved and the Brazilian was soon after moved to a different room. Before that happened, he lost a big pot to Ian Nelson after trying to get his opponent out of the hand on the turn. Strong's shove was called by Nelson with
for the overpair, while the Brazilian had
for the nut flush draw.
Neither a diamond nor the ace, but rather the blank appeared on the river and Nelson doubled for 23,125.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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62,000 | |
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28,000
-31,000
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-31,000 |