Hands #16-17: Landon Tice Doubles Thru Matthew Beinner in Dramatic Fashion

Photo:  Landon Tice (left) reacts to the ace on the turn that gives him a glimmer of hope.

HAND #16  –  Dylan Smith raises from the cutoff to 500,000, and Matthew Beinner calls from the big blind. The flop comes , Beinner checks, Smith bets 300,000, and Beinner calls.

The turn card is the , and both players check. The river card is the , Beinner bets 300,000, and Smith calls. Beinner shows , but Smith turns over to win the pot with a pair of queens.

Dylan Smith  –  26,000,000  (104 bb)
Matthew Beinner  –  31,000,000  (124 bb)

HAND #17  –  Landon Tice raises from the cutoff to 825,000, leaving himself just 25K behind. Matthew Beinner moves all in from the small blind, and Tice calls all in for 850,000 with .

Beinner turns over , and Tice needs his hand to hold to stay alive.

The flop comes , giving Beinner a club flush, a gutshot Royal Flush draw, and a huge lead in the hand.

But the turn card pairs the board with the , giving Landon Tice trip aces to give him some outs on the river.

The river card is — the !

Tice rivers a full house, aces full of jacks, to win the pot and double up in chips.

Landon Tice  –  2,200,000  (9 bb)
Matthew Beinner  –  30,000,000  (120 bb)