Two Pair No Good When Your Opponent Has a Flush
It was folded around to Jason Steinberg in the hijack who raised to 2,800 only to get three-bet by Jeff Kimber who was next to act. Steinberg made the call and then fired out 18,000 after quite some thought on the flop. Kimber quickly raised enough to put Steinberg all in for the 10,000 or so he had left who called.
Kimber:
Steinberg:
Both players had low draws but Kimber was ahead with his pair of aces for the time being and stayed ahead when the hit the turn that gave him a flush draw as well. The river was the which gave Steinberg two pair but also provided Kimber with his flush as Steinberg slammed the table and was eliminated.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jeff Kimber |
86,000
47,700
|
47,700 |
Jason Steinberg
|
Busted |