Shaquan Francis Wins a Dramatic 3-Way All-In to Eliminate Tommy Bates and John Yanni

Photo:  Shaquan Francis

Shaquan Francis limps under the gun for 100, a player in middle position raises to 400, a player in late position calls, Tommy Bates calls from the small blind, and John Yanni reraises from the big blind to 1,700. Francis reraises to 7,500, and the next two players fold.

Bates reraises to 15,000, and Yanni six-bets shoves all in.

Francis snap-calls, and Bates — who had just taken his seat a hand or two ago — says he knows he’s beat, but he’s going to take a shot. He calls, and all three players turn over their cards:

John Yanni:  
Shaquan Francis:  
Tommy Bates:  

The flop comes , and the rest of the table reacts as Bates flops a set of eights to take the lead.

The turn card pairs the board with the , and the river card is — the .

The entire table explodes in surprise at the roller-coaster board, attracting the attention of the rest of the room. The dealer counts down the chip stacks, and Francis has both players covered, eliminate Bates and Yanni in the same hand.

Bates says, “To tell you the truth, that was worth eleven hundred bucks!”

Shaquan Francis  –  88,000  (880 bb)
Tommy Bates  –  Eliminated
John Yanni  –  Eliminated