Brandon Schaefer Doubles Thru Roman Valerstein in 940K Pot

After a flop of [Kd9d4h], Roman Valerstein checks the small blind, Brandon Schaefer checks the big blind, and a player in late position bets. Valerstein calls, Schaefer check-raises, and the late-position player folds. Valerstein calls.

The turn card is the [8d], Valerstein checks, Schaefer bets, and Valerstein check-raises all in. 

Schaefer calls with [Ad4d] for the nut diamond flush, and Valerstein turns over [9c9s] for a set of nines. Valerstein needs the board to pair to bust Schaefer here.

The river card is the [7s], and Brandon Schaefer wins the pot with a diamond flush to double up to nearly 1 million in chips.

Brandon Schaefer  –  940,000  (117 BBs)
Roman Valerstein  –  295,000  (36 BBs)