Hands #40-43: Jared Ward Rivers a Full House Against Marc Maxey to Take a Solid Lead

Photo:  Jared Ward

HAND #40  –  Mo Khan raises from the small blind to 130,000, and Nick Pupillo calls from the big blind. The flop comes , Khan bets 125,000, and Pupillo calls. The turn card is the , Khan checks, Pupillo bets 125,000, and Khan check-raises to 350,000. Pupillo three-bets it to 900,000, and Khan tanks for a while before he folds. Pupillo takes the pot.

HAND #41  –  Nick Pupillo raises from the small blind to 125,000, and Marc Maxey calls from the big blind. The flop comes , Pupillo min-bets 60,000, and Maxey folds. Pupillo takes the pot.

HAND #42  –  Jared Ward raises under the gun to 125,000, and Mo Khan calls UTG+1. The flop comes , Ward checks, Khan bets 75,000, and Ward folds. Khan takes the pot.

HAND #43  –  Marc Maxey raises from the button to 140,000, and Jared Ward calls from the big blind. The flop comes , Ward checks, Maxey bets 150,000, and Ward calls. The turn card is the , and both players check.

The river card is the , Ward bets 600,000, and Maxey tanks for a while before he calls. Ward shows to win the pot with a rivered full house, eights full of nines, and Maxey mucks.

Jared Ward  –  5,620,000  (94 bb)
Marc Maxey  –  3,680,000  (61 bb)

Twenty hands ago, Ward was the short stack with only 915,000 in chips. But with this pot, he has moved into a solid chip lead with five players remaining.