Johnson Phanyaseng's Nines Hold Against Elie Kortbawi's Big Slick
May 15, 2024
Photo: Johnson Phanyaseng
Elie Kortbawi opens to 16,000 UTG and a player calls before the action gets to Johnson Phanyaseng who shoves for 118,000. Kortbawi then quickly calls for less and the other player gets out of the way.
Phanyaseng tables 
while Kortbawi holds 
, needing to improve.
The flop of 
gives Kortbawi a lot of outs, but the runout of 
can’t get him there and he is sent to the rail while the pot is pushed to Phanyaseng.
Johnson Phanyaseng – 440,000 (44 bb)
Elie Kortbawi – Eliminated
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