Rodriguez Earns Knockout in Frigid Fashion

A player raised to 8,000 from under the gun and was called by Noel Rodriguez in middle position. All players left to act folded and action went heads up to a flop of . The under-the-gun player continued, firing 12,000 forward. Rodriguez raised to 37,000 and his opponent postured for a few moments before pushing the rest of his chips forward. Rodriguez dropped chips into the pot before his opponent finished doing the same.

Noel Rodriguez:
Opponent:

Rodriguez's nut flush draw was up against his opponent's top pair with what would be an open-ended straight/royal flush draw if Rodriguez didn't block both outs. Nonetheless, Rodriguez did not have a live ace in the deck and due to his opponent's two clubs, only had seven outs left to the nut flush in addition to non-club eights and queens to make a straight. Much to Rodriguez's favor, two more of those seven remaining clubs would come as the turn and river fell, leaving him with the nuts to knock out his opponent whose second nuts proved to be second best.