Hand #185: Steve Buckner Doubles Thru Chance Kornuth

Photo:  Steve Buckner

Chance Kornuth moves all in, and Steve Buckner thinks for 25 seconds before he calls all in for 11,200,000 with .

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

The flop comes , giving Kornuth a pair of nines to Buckner’s gutshot straight draw with two overcards.

The turn card is the , giving Buckner an ace-high straight to clinch the pot. (The meaningless river card is the .)

Buckner wins the pot to double back into the chip lead.

Seat 1.  Steve Buckner  –  23,400,000
Seat 5.  Chance Kornuth  –  16,000,000