Alesso Isaia

Alesso Isaia caught a lucky break to avoid the rail in a showdown with Te Hsuan Pan.

With the action folded around to the small blind, Isaia moved all in for his last 10,400, and Pan snap-called. When they flipped them over, it was a dire scenario for Isaia, who held only one overcard against Pan’s made hand.

Alesso Isaia: K 3

Te Hsuan Pan: 9 9

The flop came 6 8 5 , offering little hope, but the turn 3 gave him a glimmer of survival. That glimmer became full-on brightness on the river, as the K completed a runner-runner two pair, doubling Isaia’s stack and keeping his tournament hopes alive.