It's All OK For Okonczak
Level 27
: 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante
From the button, Jesse Okonczak opened to 65,000, and Austin Buchanan called from the big blind to go heads up.
The flop came , and Buchanan checked to the raiser. When Okonczak continued out wiht 75,000 chips, however, he snuck in a check-raise to 225,000. The response from Okonczak? All in for 725,000 total. Buchanan was on a big draw, and he made the call with the covering stack and . Ryan Lenaghan said he folded , stealing a couple outs from Buchanan.
The turn came the , and that kept Okonczak's kings safe. The river was a blank as well, and the pocket kings give him a big double up to 1.62 million. He's moved just ahead of Buchanan's 1.48 million and up into second place with that pot.