Keranen Over 3.5 Million
When we arrived at the table, Timur Margolin had 78,000 in front of him on the button and was facing a four-bet from Kyle Keranen to 158,000 from an earlier position. Margolin opted to make the call, and the flop fell . After Keranen checked, Margolin bet 116,000. Keranen made the call to see the turn.
Fourth street produced the , and action was checked through to the river card. Keranen studied, then bet 245,000. Margolin received the count on the bet, took about a minute, then called.
Keranen rolled over the for top two pair, kings and queens, and Margolin mucked his hand. This moved Keranen up over 3.5 million and dropped Margolin to 500,000.
To provide a little background information on Keranen, he was the chip leader at the end of Day 5 in the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event. t that point i the tournament that year, Keranen finished the day with 6.935 million in chips and 97 players remained. He went on to bust on Day 6 in 38th place for $191,646. Keranen has two other WSOP cashes on record, one from 2011 and one from 2010, and a total of $260,856 in live tournament earnings.
Below are the full chip counts from Table 422 following the hand.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Kyle Keranen |
3,525,000
620,000
|
620,000 |
Curtis Rystadt |
1,200,000
466,000
|
466,000 |
Stuart Rutter |
970,000
278,000
|
278,000 |
Adam Coats |
870,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Cristian Rotondo |
710,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
Casey Stewart |
560,000
132,000
|
132,000 |
Timur Margolin |
500,000
-1,204,000
|
-1,204,000 |
|
||
Scott Blackman |
351,000
-44,000
|
-44,000 |
Joseph Lacarrubba |
201,000
-46,000
|
-46,000 |