Friday, July 15, 2016 1:38 AM Local Time
Jean Houle Loses a Big One
Jean Houle
As the players at the table tell it, a player raised from under the gun, Jean Houle called in middle position, and the player on the button called as well. They saw a flop of and the under-the-gun player checked. Houle bet 24,000, the player on the button called, the the initial raiser moved all in for 161,000. Houle moved all in behind him, having both players covered. The player on the button, who has 219,000, takes some time, then calls. Here is what they had:
Under-the-gun: for top set
Button: for a queen-high straight
Houle: bottom two pair
The turn brings the and the river the and the queen-high straight takes the main and side pots, as well as a chunk of Houle's once-big stack.
Jean Houle - 760,000