Monday, March 25, 2019 6:39 PM Local Time
Pope's Trip Queens Cripples Hawkins
A big pot between Phillip Pope and Maurice Hawkins leaves Hawkins with less than four big blinds. Pope opens from the button for 375,000, Kou Vang folds the small blind and Hawkins calls from the big blind.
The flop is . Hawkins checks, Pope bets 475,000, and Hawkins calls. The turn is the , and this time Hawkins leads out for 175,000; Pope makes it 500,000 and Hawkins calls again.
The river is the . Hawkins checks, Pope bets another 500,000, and Hawkins quickly calls. Pope shows for trip queens, while Hawkins' is no good.
Phillip Pope - 9,800,000 (61 bb)
Maurice Hawkins - 555,000 (3 bb)