Middle Pair Better Kicker

There was a raise from the player under the gun to 500 and it was almost a family pot with the hijack, the cutoff, the button, small blind and the big blind all making the call. The flop came out with 3♥2♣8♠ and the player in the hijack bet out 1,000 and Senthuran Vijayaratnam three-bet to 2,500. The player in the hijack made the call and everyone else exited.

Both players checked the turn 10♥.

On the river 6♥ the player in the hijack made another play for the pot and bet 2,000 but was quickly called by Vijayaratnam.

The hijack turned over 8♣4♣ for a pair of eights and Vijayaratnam turned over 8♥9♠ for the pair of eights with a better kicker.