Rickie Merritt Wins a Four-Way Pot to Triple Up to 404,000 and Knock Out a Player

Photo:  Rickie Merritt

A player moves all in from UTG+1 for 57,000, Michael Berk moves all in over the top from middle position for 149,000, Senhao Cao moves all in over the top from middle position for 314,000, and Rickie Merritt calls all in from the big blind for 113,000.

All four players turned over their cards, and here they are in descending order of chip counts:

Senhao Cao:  
Michael Berk:  
Rickie Merritt:  
UTG+1 Player:  

The board comes , and the short stack flops two pair to briefly take the lead, but he is counterfeited on the turn when the board pairs deuces. Merritt wins the main pot worth 404,000 with his pocket kings to more than triple up and eliminate the short stack.

Berk wins a much smaller side pot worth 72,000 with his pocket queens.

Rickie Merritt  –  404,000  (81 bb)
Senhao Cao  –  165,000  (33 bb)
Michael Berk  –  72,000  (9 bb)