Feb 28, 2017
WPT Champions Club member Mike Sexton (pictured) raises from middle position to 27,000, Rainer Kempe reraises from the hijack to 84,000, and Bart Hanson cold four-bets from the button to 225,000. Sexton moves all in for 554,000, and Kempe folds.
Hanson calls with , but Sexton turns over . Sexton needs his hand to hold to stay alive.
The board comes , and the pocket aces hold up for Sexton to win the pot and double up to more than 1.2 million in chips.
Mike Sexton – 1,226,000 (102 bb)
Bart Hanson – 175,000 (15 bb)