There’s only 5 minutes until the extended dinner break and Rayan Chamas has doubled up to put him among the leaders at this stage in the day.
We arrived at the table with the board fully dealt and just over 50K in the pot.
Board:
With 50K in the pot, Alexandre Roberge had shoved on the river – well over 60K, which more than covered Rayan’s relatively small stack behind. Rayan went in the tank… eventually time was called and the countdown began. Just when the dealer announced the 30-second mark, Rayan made the call, quite a lot confidence in his voice – but also a little doubt.
Alexandre was the out of position player and had to show first –
for a small pair and not much else. Rayan flipped over his
for top pair and counted out the 23K that Alexandre would have to match.