Massive Three-Way Pot Sees Ashton Vault to Nearly 800K

Pot-Limit Omaha

We're not sure of all the details, but we do know a massive hand just went down over in the corner of the room. We arrived on the flop to discover a three-way betting war created a nearly 900,000 pot with Todd Brunson and Matthew Ashton all in against Brandon Cantu.

Ashton:
Brunson:
Cantu:

To say it was an action flop would be an understatement. Brunson, who had the shortest stack, had flopped a wrap while Ashton, who was in for 307,000, had top set and a flush draw. Cantu, who had them both covered, was drawing to an open-ended straight and the nut flush draw.

A large crowd of players gathered around the table to sweat the action, but all the excitement came to a sudden halt when the dealer burned and turned the , giving Ashton a full house and the guaranteed win. After the meaningless was put out on the river, Brunson exited the tournament area and Cantu shipped the vast majority of his chips to Ashton, who is now the chip leader.