Jacob Toole Counterfeits Paul Nash's Two-Pair
Barley ten minutes into Day 3, we have already seen our first all-in confrontation. After Christopher Homan raised to 28,000 from middle position, Jacob Toole reraised all-in from the small blind, placing his last 150,000 or so chips at risk. Paul Nash decided to come over the top and four-bet for the rest of his stack. Homan got out of the way and the cards were revealed.
Showdown:
Nash:
Toole:
Toole was in a commanding position with the mother of all Hold'em hands, and Nash would need to catch lucky in order to score the knockout.
Flop:
Catch lucky is exactly what Nash did, spiking top two-pair on the flop to take the lead. The turn card came and Nash was one card away from taking the chip lead.
River:
With that, Nash's two-pair had been counterfeited by Toole's aces up. This double-up boosted Toole to 350,000 while Nash dropped to 430,000 with the runner-runner beat.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Paul Nash
|
430,000
-306,000
|
-306,000 |
Jacob Toole |
350,000
-27,000
|
-27,000 |