Paul Balzano Doubles Through Alexander Ziskin

Paul Balzano raises to 20,000 from the button and Derahn Sikes calls from the small blind. Alexander Ziskin then reraises to 67,000 from the big blind, and Balzano doesn’t hesitate at all before reraising all in.

"Roughly… how much?" asks Sikes, and the dealer promptly counts out Balzano’s stack to show his push is for exactly 150,000. Sikes thinks for nearly two minutes and then folds, at which point Ziskin immediately calls the bet.

Ziskin tables [Ad][6c] while Balzano has [8h][8d]. The board comes [Ks][Qs][9c][9s][8c], meaning Balzano ends with a full house and continued tournament life.

Paul Balzano – 330,000
Alexander Ziskin – 205,000