Mike Holtz Battles with Issac Kempton
Dec 12, 2023
On a heads-up completed board of 
, Mike Holtz checks to Isaac Kempton who bets 30,000 into the pot of 40,000.
“I’d like to wager all of my chips,” Holtz says as he sets out a stack of 100,000, covering Kempton who goes into the tank.
“What the f*k is going on?!” Kempton exclaims playfully, “No other player in the world would play my hand like I did.”
“How can I not have it?” Holtz laughs as Kempton thinks about this tough decision.
“Arghhhh,” he sighs dramatically and lets his cards go, to which Holtz shows him 
for the top full house.
Left with only around 20,200, Kempton bets all but one chip the very next hand and Holtz just calls. The two then checked it through the board of 
and Holtz tables 
for a straight and Kempton mucks.
The following hand, Kempton gets his last 100 in the middle with 
but falls to his opponent’s and is sent to the rail for this flight, vowing to return tomorrow.
Mike Holtz – 255,000
Isaac Kempton – Eliminated from Day 1A
@WPT