May 17, 2024
Photo: Jean Rene Plante (left) and Natasha Tatta
With the board showing on the turn, Steven Daoust bets 16,000 from the big blind. Jean Rene Plante raises under the gun to 40,000, Natasha Tatta calls UTG+1, and Daoust folds.
The river card is the , and Plante moves all in for 79,500. Tatta asks for an exact count and goes into the tank for a very long time.
Eventually, it looks like a player calls for a clock, but before anything can be done about it, Tatta calls with for a jack-high straight. But Plante turns over to win the pot with a queen-high straight flush to double up in chips.
Jean Rene Plante – 311,000 (259 bb)
Natasha Tatta – 139,000 (116 bb)