Jul 1, 2016
After a flop of , the big blind is all in for a little more than 30,000 with (pair of kings), but he needs to improve to stay alive against Frank Toscano’s (pair of kings, higher kicker) in the hijack.
The turn card is the , the river card is the , and Toscano wins the pot with two pair, kings and threes with a queen kicker. His opponent is eliminated.
The next hand, while Toscano is still stacking his chips, he raises from middle position to 4,000. Alen Muric calls from the cutoff, and the small blind moves all in for 21,500. Toscano thinks for a bit before he calls, and Muric folds.
The small blind turns over , and needs to improve to stay alive against Toscano’s .
The board comes , and Toscano wins the pot with two pair, aces and fives, to eliminate his second opponent in two straight hands.
Frank Toscano – 120,000 (50 bb)