Hawkins Has Aces Working For Him

Action was caught on the river on 2♣6♠10♦5♣3♥. Besmir Hodaj was under the gun and was facing a river jam from Maurice Hawkins, who was directly to his left. The bet was 450,000 into a pot of about a million.

Hodaj had a tough decision and had the clock called on him. As the last five seconds were running out, he put in the chips.

Hawkins turned over A♣A♥. Hodaj mucked his hand.

It has been a rollercoaster couple of days for Hodaj, who at one moment was among the chip leaders on Day 1, then finished the day with around 300,000, was then able to run it up on Day 2 to almost 1,500,000 chips. The unlucky clash with Hawkins got him back down to just over 20 big blinds.

Hawkins, on the other hand, has been having a lot of fun at his table, saying that he has had pocket aces four times today, and has hit a set on at least one occasion. He is now the tournament chip leader by quite a large margin.