Sometimes your aces get cracked, however you win anyway.
That was the case for Nick Schulman this week on the Poker Masters, with the motion enjoying out on the PokerGO dwell stream.
In occasion no. 6, a $15,100 no-limit maintain’em match, the blinds had been 15,000-25,000 with a 25,000 large blind ante. Schulman on 28 large blinds and picked up A
A
and raised to 50,000, sitting on a stack of about 28 large blinds. With 24 large blinds remaining, Jim Collopy known as with Okay
Q from the small blind.
According to the Card Player Poker Odds Calculator, Schulman was an 82% favourite to win the hand, however an fascinating flop of Q J 9 helped Collopy choose up high pair and an inside-straight draw though a membership would give Schulman the nut flush.
Collopy checked, and Schulman guess 30,000. Collopy known as and the ten hit on the flip, giving him his straight. The odds flipped, giving him a 75% probability to take down the pot.
After checking once more, Schulman thought a bit earlier than placing out a guess of 105,000. Collopy solely known as, and the pot grew to 420,000. The Q
then got here on the river and Collopy checked once more. Schulman thought for some time after which introduced that he was all in.
“The leader in the race for the purple jacket is a call away from a very big stack,” PokerGO commentator Remko Rinkema famous on the printed.
Watch the end result of the hand under.
With the queen in his hand, Collopy blocked some full home combos, however was nonetheless in a particularly robust spot and that confirmed on his face as he thought of his choices. Not solely was he shedding to a full home, but additionally to any flopped straights, and A-Okay. He finally folded and Schulman’s river bluff along with his aces scored a pleasant pot.
Isaac Haxton finally received the match for $352,800. Schulman took seventh for $50,400 for his second money of the collection.
Collopy could have misplaced that hand, however he went on to a pleasant end – taking runner-up for $226,800. This marked his fourth ultimate desk in a row, which was sufficient to clinch the Poker Masters leaderboard and the race for the purple jacket as soon as his closest opponents busted from the finale.
*Photos by Miguel Cortes – PokerGO
