Event 19: Alex Foxen Wins Game #1

$1,650 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em
Players Remaining: 3
Level 2: 75/150

Alex Foxen raised from the button, and Aaron Mermelstein three-bet shoved for just over 5,000 in the big blind. Foxen called to put him at risk, and the news for Mermelstein was not good.

Foxen: 9s9h
Mermelstein: 8s8h

The board ran out Ts5h3d6hAd, and Foxen won the pot and the first game with his pair of nines.

The chips were quickly reset, and the second game in this best-of-three has begun with no break.