Jacks Are Good For Mortensen
Carlos Mortensen is making a charge up the leaderboard and now has 181,000 chips in front of him.
The under the gun player opened with a raise to 6,000, two folds later and the action was on "El Matador." A quick peek at his hole cards and the 2001 WSOP Main Event winner called. A couple more folds and the small blind came along for the ride.
Flop: and the action gets checked around by all three players
Turn: The small blind takes a stab at the pot with a 15,000 bet, causing the player UTG to get out of the way but Mortensen made the call very quickly.
River: Once again the action goes check, check.
Small blind:
Mortensen: and the win
Mortensen's stack swells to 181,000