Thi Xoa Nguyen Doubles Thru Byron Kaverman

Jul 10, 2023

Himeka Nakamoto raises to 1,500 from middle position, Thi Xoa Nguyen calls in the hijack, and Byron Kaverman calls in the big blind.

The flop comes Heart 9Diamond 8Heart 7, and action checks to Nguyen who bets 3,000. Kaverman check-raises to 12,000, Nakamoto folds, Nguyen reraises all in for 28,300, and Kaverman calls.

Nguyen:  Heart QHeart 10
Kaverman:  Diamond 6Heart 5 

Kaverman leads with a nine-high straight, but Nguyen has an open-ended straight draw along with a flush draw.

The Spade A turn and Spade J river complete the board, giving Nguyen a queen-high straight to double through Kaverman.

Thi Xoa Nguyen  –  63,000  (105 bb)
Byron Kaverman  –  57,000  (95 bb)
Himeka Nakamoto  –  37,000  (62 bb)

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