Alan Kurkciyan Doubles Thru Chris DaSilva

A player raises from middle position to 3,500, Chris DaSilva reraises from the cutoff to 11,500, and Alan Kurkciyan moves all in from the button for 25,500. The initial raiser thinks for a while before he folds, and DaSilva asks for an exact count before he calls with .

Kurkciyan turns over , and needs his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board comes , and the pocket queens hold up for Kurkciyan to win the pot and double up in chips.

Alan Kurkciyan  –  58,500  (39 bb)
Chris DaSilva  –  60,000  (40 bb)