Aces Jacked
Nível 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
After an all-in bet of 215,000 from a player on the button, Thomas Laviano looked him up with his 
, but was dismayed to find see the button roll over 
.
According to the PokerNews Poker Odds Calculator, the rockets were a 92% to 7% favorite over the dominated ace-high hand, and Laviano appeared resigned to his fate as he awaited the flop's verdict.
Flop: 
Poker can often be the cruelest of games, a fact the three cards above illustrate perfectly. Aces had been cracked in particularly brutal fashion, and when the turn and river blanked off, Laviano was lucky to push his stack over the 550,000 mark.