Brett Apter Doubles Thru John McCoy
Oct 4, 2016
Photo: John McCoy (left) agonizes over his decision after Brett Apter (right) moves all in.
After a flop of 
, John McCoy bets 127,000 under the gun, and Brett Apter calls UTG+1.
The turn card is the 
, McCoy checks, Apter moves all in for 185,000, and McCoy thinks for a while before he calls with 
for a pair of jacks. But Apter turns over 
for an overpair, and needs it to hold to stay alive.
The river card pairs the board with the the 
, and the pocket queens hold up for Apter to win the pot and double up in chips.
Brett Apter – 750,000 (47 bb)
John McCoy – 545,000 (34 bb)
@WPT