Jul 2, 2021
Photo: Frank Stepuchin
With the board showing on the turn and a little more than 28K already in the pot, Johnny Oshana checks the hijack, WPT Champions Club member Frank Stepuchin bets 12,500 from the cutoff, and Oshana check-raises all in.
Stepuchin tanks for a while before he calls all in for 36,500 with for two pair, tens and eights. But Oshana turns over for a higher two pair, aces and eights, and Stepuchin needs to catch a ten on the river to stay alive.
The river card pairs the board with the , and Oshana wins the pot with his higher two pair to eliminate Frank Stepuchin from Day 1A.
Johnny Oshana – 195,000 (130 bb)
Frank Stepuchin – Eliminated