Tom Wheaton Makes a Straight-Flush to Knock Out Alexander Burgos

Photo:  Tom Wheaton

With the board showing on the turn, Alexander Burgos gets it all in from the cutoff for about 125,000 with for a pair of aces with an ace-high flush draw and a gutshot straight draw.

But Burgos needs to improve to stay alive against Tom Wheaton’s — a jack-high flush with a gutshot straight-flush draw.

The river card is — the !

Burgos makes his ace-high flush, but it’s no good. Wheaton cheers as he rivers a king-high straight-flush to win the pot and eliminate Burgos from the tournament.

Wheaton started the day with 81,000, and in the first 90 minutes he has more than quadrupled his stack.

Tom Wheaton  –  350,000  (117 bb)