A Costly Mistake and a Bad Beat for Ashton

Eric Brooks: /
Matthew Ashton: /

Ashton brought it in, Brooks completed, Ashton raised, and Brooks re-raised. Ashton called. When Brooks paired his king on fourth, he bet double the limit (6,000). Ashton, thinking it was a single bet, tossed out half of a call (3,000). Ashton then realized his mistake, and opted to forfeit the chips, folding his hand.

"I thought it was a queen," he admitted after the hand.

A few hands later, he and Andre Akkari capped the action preflop, then Akkari got his last 1,200 in on fourth street.

Akkari: () /
Ashton: () /

Akkari made better trips when fifth street gave him the , but Ashton improved to a full house with the . Not to be outdone, Akkari made a better full house on sixth with the , and Ashton was unable to make quads on sixth or seventh.