Condon Cut Down

A short-stacked Alexander Condon raised the pot to 8,400 from early position, and it folded around to a player on the button who called. Yevgeniy Timoshenko then sat in thought for about a half-minute in the small blind before declaring he was reraising the pot — a bet of 36,000.

The big blind quickly released his hand, Condon called all in for about 25,000 total, and after tanking for several minutes the button player said he was reraising all in for his stack of about 68,000 and Timoshenko quickly called.

Timoshenko tabled , Condon showed , and the table expressed some surprise when the button player showed he had aces as well with .