Michael Berk Doubles Up with Quad Queens Thru Rickie Merritt

Photo:  Michael Berk

Nam Phan raises UTG+1 to 18,000, Rickie Merritt calls from the hijack, and Michael Berk moves all in from the small blind for 71,000. Phan thinks for a while before he folds, and Merritt calls with .

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

The board comes , and Berk flops a set of queens and turns quads to win the pot and double up in chips. (And Berk needed the quads, since Merritt rivered a king-high straight.)

Michael Berk  –  176,000  (22 bb)
Rickie Merritt  –  390,000  (49 bb)