Hand #398: Chad Eveslage Rivers and Doubles Thru Steve Buckner to Take an 8-to-1 Chip Lead

Photo: Steve Buckner reacts to seeing the river

HAND #398  –  Chad Eveslage moves all in for 12,200,000, and Steve Buckner calls with .

Eveslage turns over , and needs to improve to stay alive.

The flop comes , and Buckner’s queens are still in the lead.

The turn card is the , and Eveslage picks up additional outs with a gutshot straight draw.

Buckner starts calling out for a deuce, on the assumption that a random low card will give him the title, missing the fact that Eveslage would make a wheel if a deuce came on the river.

Regardless, Buckner is one card away from a WPT title.

But the river card is — the !

Eveslage rivers a pair of aces to win the pot and double up in chips.

Chad Eveslage  –  25,400,000  (25 bb)
Steve Buckner  –  3,100,000  (3 bb)