Arunas Sapitavicius Doubles Thru Scott Ball in a Pot Worth 458,000 to Take the Lead

Photo:  Arunas Sapitavicius

Arunas Sapitavicius limps UTG+1, Art Peacock raises from middle position to 5,000, and Scott Ball calls from the hijack. Sapitavicius also calls.

The flop comes , Sapitavicius checks, and Peacock bets 11,000. Ball calls, and Sapitavicius check-raises to 30,000. Peacock and Ball both call.

The turn card is the , Sapitavicius checks, and Peacock bets 55,000. Ball calls, and Sapitavicius check-raises all in for 147,000. Peacock thinks for a while before he folds, and Ball calls, saying something like, “I probably have 17 outs.”

Sapitavicius shows for an eight-high diamond flush draw with a gutshot straight draw, and Ball turns over for a seven-high heart flush draw with a double-gutshot straight draw.

Peacock claims to have folded two red queens, and Sapitavicius leads at the moment with eight high.

The river card pairs the board with the , and both players miss all of their draws. Amazingly, Sapitavicius wins the massive pot with eight high to catapult into the chip lead with 458,000.

Arunas Sapitavicius  –  458,000  (229 bb)
Art Peacock  –  215,000  (108 bb)
Scott Ball  –  23,000  (12 bb)