Haxton Wins a Two Million-Chip Pot off of Dwan

After firing six bullets in the $100,000 Challenge and two bullets in this event, Isaac Haxton will need to finish fourth or better to show a profit on the trip. He just took a big step in that direction, winning a two-million chip pot off of Tom "durrrr" Dwan.

Dwan was second to act and opened for a raise to 55,000. Haxton three-bet to 165,000 on the button, Phil Ivey and Jason Mercier folded in the blinds, and Dwan tank-called. The flop fell , Dwan checked, and Haxton continued for 130,000. Dwan check-raised, making it 350,000 to go, and Haxton called.

The turn was the , Dwan tanked for a bit, and then he moved all in for effectively 756,000. Haxton called quickly.

Dwan:
Haxton:

Over 2.5 million chips were in the pot with only one card to come, and only two cards in the deck would eliminate the Team PokerStars Online member. The was not one of them, and Haxton was awarded a massive pot.

Dwan plummeted to 517,000.

Hand Analysis

This key hand in which Haxton and Dwan both held pocket pairs illustrates both how to maximize value with a big hand as well as how detrimental it can be to turn a strong hand into what is essentially a bluff. Read more about the strategy involved in this hand on Learn.PokerNews in "Lessons from the 2014 Aussie Millions: Pros With Pairs."

Player	Chips	Progress
Isaac Haxton	2,550,000 1,375,000	1,375,000

Tom Dwan	517,000 -1,308,000	-1,308,000

Tags: Isaac Haxton Jason Mercier Phil Ivey Tom Dwan