Rechnitzer Gets Low
Level 21
: 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante
Mikhail Smirnov completed with a , and Gerard Rechnitzer came along with a and a short stack.
Smirnov: (X)(X) / / (X)
Rechnitzer: (X)(X) / / (X)
Both players checked fourth street, and Rechnitzer bet his lead on fifth. Smirnov called, and Rechnitzer let him bet on sixth before check-calling himself. On seventh, it went check-check again.
Rechnitzer showed / for the ten-low, but it was no good. Smirnov made sure, then tabled / for the eighty-seven perfect. It was good for the pot, and it's not good at all for Rechnitzer, down now to just 39,000 chips.