Hands #29-32: Roland Rokita Shoves the River To Take a Big Pot From Kou Vang

Photo:  Roland Rokita

HAND #29  –  Joe McKeehen raises under the gun to 275,000, showing as he takes the blinds and ante.

HAND #30  –  Everyone folds to Joe McKeehen, giving him a walk in the big blind.

HAND #31  –  Kou Vang raises from the hijack to 275,000, and Jack Hardcastle calls from the big blind. The flop comes , Hardcastle checks, Vang bets 500,000, and Hardcastle folds. Vang takes the pot.

HAND #32  –  Kou Vang raises under the gun to 275,000, and Roland Rokita calls from the big blind. The flop comes , Rokita checks, Vang bets 225,000, and Rokita check-raises to 700,000. Vang calls. The turn card trips the board with the , Rokita checks, Vang bets 625,000, and Rokita uses one of his Time Chips to tank for nearly a minute before he calls.

The river card is the , Rokita checks, and Vang uses a Time Chip to tank for nearly a minute before he bets 2,600,000. Rokita uses another one of his Time Chips to tank for a while before he moves all in for about 4.5 million, and Vang snap-folds. Rokita takes the pot.

Roland Rokita  –  9,900,000  (79 bb)
Kou Vang  –  1,275,000  (10 bb)