Labat Makes a Huge Call

Antoine Labat opened to 165,000 from early position and Andres Korn defended from the big blind.

The flop came J♠8♥9♦. Korn checked and Labat fired a 125,000 continuation bet. Korn put in a check-raise to 1,400,000, nearly enough to put Labat all in for his remaining stack of 1,530,000.

Labat went deep into the tank for approximately three minutes before another player at the table called the clock. Labat then used all 30 seconds of his allotted time before sticking in the call at the last possible moment to put himself at risk.

Antoine Labat: 10♠10♥
Andres Korn: Q♥9♠

Korn had made a huge bluff with a blocker to the nut-straight and was in bad shape against Labat's pocket-tens. The Q♠ turn improved Korn to two-pair while also giving Labat the straight, which held on the 7♣ river. Labat collected a colossal pot for his efforts while also making a serious dent in Korn's stack.