Holz Leaves Haxton Crippled

Isaac Haxton and Fedor Holz were all in preflop. Haxton had the and 401,000 in chips. Holz had the and 400,000 in chips. The board ran out , and Holz earned a big double to leave Haxton with half an ante.

But, Haxton won the next hand to stay alive. He was all in from the button with the ante. Dzmitry Urbanovich raissed to 35,000 from the cutoff seat, Ivan Luca called from the small blind, and Scott Seiver folded from the big blind. On the flop, Luca led with a bet of 22,000, and Urbanovich called.

The turn was the , and both Luca and Urbanovich checked to see the complete the board on the river. Luca checked, and Urbanovich bet 56,000. Luca called.

Because Haxton was all in, all cards had to be shown. Luca showed the , Urbanovich had the , and Haxton the . That meant Urbanovich took the side pot from Luca before Haxton was given the main pot to get back to 8,000 in chips.