Ali G has taken a huge lead in the tournament and is already playing well over 120K in chips. Luck is working for him – but a lot of luck is simply a product of stack size, position, and the current tournament situation. In a hand just now, the utg player – Rachid Bahaj – open shoved and it folded around to Ali in the bb. The shove was for just 18,450, so Ali made the call holding just
to his opponent’s
.
The board runout was no good for the pair of tens, however:
– Ali crushed the pair by making his flush.