At 12,000/24,000 blinds with a 4,000 ante, Ralph Massey opened from under the gun to 52,000. On his left, Marty Gorenc 3-bet to 125,000, and action folded back to Ralph. After asking how much Marty started the hand with, Ralph moved all in and Marty snap-called.
Ralph [Ad][Jd]
Marty [Ac][Qd]
Ralph would need to catch a jack to knock Marty out in 4th place. The [9d][9c][Th] flop gave Ralph some chop outs, and the [Qh] on the turn meant he could only catch an eight or a king to win the pot. The river was a blank, and Marty's top two pair was enough to double up.
His stack was counted down, and Marty had 679,000 total, meaning he will double up to over 1,300,000. Meanwhile, Ralph is knocked down to 360,000.
