Cates Gets it In There
Level 14
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
First into the pot, Daniel Cates mini-raised to 40,000, and Bryn Kenney called from the big blind. Heads up, the flop came . Kenney check-raised, though we couldn't see the amounts, and Cates called to see the turn card.
It was the , and this time Kenney check-called a bet of 55,000. On the river, though, he went ahead and announced an all in for Cates' effective 229,000 chips. Snap-call!
"One pair," Kenney said, knowing it probably wasn't good. It was not; Cates turned up , and his set of threes will double him up. We eyeball him at just over 800,000, but we'll wait until he stacks up to get a better count.