Boyaciyan With Kicker Problems

An early position raiser makes it 400 to play. David Boyaciyan flats in the cutoff, and the play stops dead on the button. After a minutes pause, the button squeezes to 1,650 and both players call.

Flop: Q 9 9

All three players check.

Turn: 2

The original raiser makes it 1,500, and only Boyaciyan makes the call.

River: 5

The original raiser checks. Boyaciyan asks to see his stack. He has 27,000 behind. After 30-seconds, Boyaciyan pulls a grimace, and also checks. The original raiser shows K Q, and it’s good. Boyaciyan only has Q J, and the king kicker plays.

Boyaciyan ~ 44,000