Gottlieb Picks Up Aces
Level 10
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Jans Arends opened to 85,000 from the cutoff before Seth Gottlieb three-bet to 225,000 from the small blind. Jonathan Jaffe was in the big blind and jammed as the covering stack. Arends quickly folded while Gottlieb committed his stack of 1,520,000.
Seth Gottlieb: A♠A♦
Jonathan Jaffe: K♣K♦
Gottlieb's aces remained best on the Q♥4♥2♠ flop and made a set on the A♣ turn to lock up the hand, ahead of the 5♠ river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,050,000
1,550,000
|
1,550,000 |
|
2,375,000
-400,000
|
-400,000 |