Back-to-Back Pots for Antonius
Level 11
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
With the board reading 
, Patrik Antonius checked to Howard Lederer on his left. Lederer bet 7,000 and then Antonius went into the tank. He thought for a bit before putting in a raise to 21,000. Lederer gave it up and Antonius won the pot to move to 185,000. Lederer dropped to 210,000.
On the next hand, action folded to the cutoff seat and he raised to 4,700. Antonius called from the button and they went heads up to the flop, which came down 
. The cutoff continuation bet 5,600 and Antonius called.
The turn card was the 
and both players checked. They also checked after the paired the board on the river.
The cutoff opened up the 
, but that wasn't good against Antonius' 
. Antonius won the pot and stacked up to 200,000.