Leon Sturm Triples Up in an Aces-vs.-Kings Cooler Against Maria Konnikova

Jul 12, 2022

Leon Sturm
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After some preflop action, Leon Sturm moves all in from the button for 87,000. The UTG player calls, and Maria Konnikova calls from the hijack. Any further betting will create a side pot.

Both players check to the river on a board of Diamond ADiamond QClub 6Diamond 6Heart 8. Here are the cards for all three players, in descending order of chip counts:

Maria Konnikova:  Heart KDiamond K  (two pair, kings and sixes)
UTG Player:  Heart 9Club 9  (two pair, nines and sixes)
Leon Sturm:  Spade AHeart A  (full house, aces full of sixes)

Sturm wins the entire pot with his full house to triple up in chips.

Leon Sturm  –  266,000  (133 bb)
Maria Konnikova  –  53,000  (27 bb)

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