Moursy Turns the Nuts

Abdelrahman Moursy raised to 5,000 under the gun before an opponent in early position three-bet to 12,000. Moursy called and they saw a flop of 10♦7♣J♠.

The early-position player bet 12,000 and Moursy called. Both players then checked the A♠ turn.

The river was the 3♣ and the early-position player bet 30,000. Moursy then raised to 75,000 and his opponent called.

Moursy showed K♥Q♠ for the nut straight and his opponent mucked A♦J♦.

Moursy was also on the receiving end of the pot that gave Hassan Ali Nashar most of his chips. According to Moursy, he had J♠J♣ on a flop of 10♠K♣J♦ and got all the chips in the middle against Nashar, who had Q♥9♥ for a flopped straight. "600,000-chip pot," Moursy said.

Kalidou Sow is also seated at this table.