Hand #61-62: Tal Herzog Doubles Up Through Sandor Mate

May 15, 2023

Hand #61: Sandor Mate raises to 600,000 in first position and Tal Herzog moves all in for 625,000 total and everyone folds back to Mate. 

Tal Herzog: Spade AClub 9
Sandor Mate: Diamond AHeart K

The board runs out Heart 9Spade 4Spade 7Heart 3Spade 5 and Herzog pairs his kicker on the flop to stay alive and double at the expense of Mate. 

Tal Herzog – 1,500,000 (15 bb)
Sandor Mate – 3,200,000 (32 bb)

Hand #62: Marco Niederdeppe raises to 200,000 in first position which sees Szymon Bujok call in the cutoff and Sandor Mate defends his big blind. 

The flop rolls out Club JDiamond AHeart K and action checks to Niederdeppe who bets 175,000 which only Bujok calls. 

On the Heart 8, Niederdeppe sizes up to 625,000 and Bujok calls once more. 

Niederdeppe moves all in for 2,900,000 effective on the Spade 9 river and Bujok goes into the tank. After burning four time extensions, Bujok tosses his hand away giving the pot to Niederdeppe. 

Marco Niederdeppe – 6,300,000 (63 bb)
Szymon Bujok – 2,900,000 (29 bb)

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