Friday, September 14, 2018 8:36 PM Local Time
Bad River Means Marlon Nonales Gets Half Instead of Whole
The player in the hijack seat opens with a raise to 1,600 and from the cutoff, Marlon Nonles three-bets, making it 3,700. The player in the hijack calls so it's heads up to a flop.
The flop is and the hijack player leads out with a bet of 7,500. Nonales calls.
On the turn, the hijack leads out again, betting 13,200. Nonales thinks for a second, then calls.
The comes on the river, pairing the board and the hijack bets a third time, making it 15,000. Nonales instantly calls. The hijack shows his which is good for only half the pot as Nonales is holding . The board pair on the river means that Nonales will only earn half the pot, as his kicker no longer player.
Despite that, Nonales is still one of the largest stacks in the room with over 100,000.
Marlon Nonales - 110,000