Mo Nuwwarah Takes from Turlough McHugh

Dec 17, 2024

Mo NuwwarahPhoto:  Mo Nuwwarah

Mo Nuwwarah raises to 26,000 from the cutoff and Turlough McHugh calls in the big blind.

The flop is Club JHeart 5Diamond 3, McHugh checks, Nuwwarah continues for 20,000, and McHugh calls.

The turn is the Spade K, McHugh checks, Nuwwarah bets 80,000, and McHugh calls.

The river is the Heart Q, McHugh checks, Nuwwarah bets 160,000, and McHugh uses a time chip before he calls.

Nuwwarah tables Club QHeart 9 for a pair of queens and McHugh leans over to look at the board before he mucks.

“Were you bluffing?” asks McHugh.

“I thought I had the best hand,” replies Nuwwarah.

“You see how he tabled that hand? chimes in tablemate Calvin Anderson. “He knew he had the best hand.”

Mo Nuwwarah  –  1,595,000  (133 bb)
Turlough McHugh  – 440,000  (37 bb)

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