Marc Lavergne opened on the button with AK, Shahin Norouzian shoved AJ, and Ali Keshavarz called with 66, and Lavergne made the call as well. Keshavarz ended up flopping a 6 and tripled up to become a major threat to Daud Sha.

A few hands later, Keshavarz limped in, then Christian Radita shoved for about 170k,. and Daud Sha re-raised to 350,000, hoping to isolate. To Daud Sha’s surprise, Keshavarz moved all in, putting Daud Sha into the tank. He was talking it through and trying to understand why Keshavarz would shove, and wondered if he was just trying to steal the $500 bounty chip. He open folded a pair of red 9’s, and then Keshavarz opened his hand to go to showdown against Radita.

Radita:
Keshavarz:

Board:

Daud Sha had his answer and smiled knowing he made the right fold.

Ali Keshavarz is now the chip leader.

Ali Keshavarz