Aces Pay Off for Liu

With the board showing [Qs][6c][2s] and a pot of more than 11,000 having already been built between the pair, Bill Kontaratos checks from middle position and Xuan Liu bets 4,700 from the cutoff seat. The action back on Kontaratos, he waits a short while and then announces he is check-raising all in, and Liu calls right away.

Liu tables [Ad][Ah] and is well ahead of Kontaratos’s [7h][7s]. In addition to what was already in the middle, Liu is all in for just over 25,000 total and Kontaratos has her covered. The turn is the [10h] and river the [8h], and Liu’s aces hold up to earn her the early double.

Xuan Liu – 62,000 (413 bb) 
Bill Kontaratos – 6,000 (40 bb)