Big Hand to End Evening
Level 25
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Sam McGrath opened to 32,000 on the button, Derrick Yamada defended his big blind, and the flop came . Yamada checked, McGrath continued for 35,000, and Yamada called.
The turn was the , both players checked, and the river was the . Yamada checked a third time, and McGrath fired 85,000. Yamada check-raised to 380,000, and before he even knew the amount of the bet, McGrath called.
Yamada tabled for the stone-cold nuts, and McGrath blurted, "Wow."
He turned over for a rivered set of tens.
McGrath took a huge hit, while Yamada is over 1.5 million chips.