Hands #62-64: Lee Markholt Doubles Thru Shon Mekyten

Hand #62  –  Noah Schwartz raises from the cutoff to 85,000, winning the blinds and antes.

Hand #63  –  Noah Schwartz raises from the hijack to 90,000, Ryan Hartmann calls from the small blind, and Hans Winzeler calls from the big blind. All three players check to the river on a board of [10s5c3hAh3c]. It checks to Schwartz, who bets 115,000, Hartmann folds, and Winzeler calls.

Schwartz shows [AdJc] to win the pot with two pair, aces and threes, and Winzeler mucks.

Hand #64  –  Shon Mekyten raises under the gun to 135,000, and Lee Markholt calls from the hijack. The flop comes [KsQs10c], Mekyten bets 250,000, Markholt moves all in for 635,000, and Mekyten calls with [AsKh] for top pair, top kicker, and a gutshot straight draw.

But Markholt turns over [AdJd] for a flopped ace-high straight.

The turn is the [6d], the river is the [Kc], and Markholt wins the pot with his straight to double up in chips.

Lee Markholt  –  1,500,000  (37 bb)
Shon Mekyten  –  1,060,000  (26 bb)