Alexandre Pinto Doubles Through Silma Macalou

A player in middle opens to 18,000 and Alexandre Pinto shoves for 70,000 from the cutoff. Silma Macalou calls from the small blind and the big blind deliberates shortly before folding. 

Pinto turns over and is in great shape against Macalou’s . 

The board runs out and Pinto’s aces hold to avoid elimination. 

Alexandre Pinto – 175,000 (29 bb)
Silma Macalou – 250,000 (42 bb)