Championship: Nipun Java vs. Joshua Gibson

$3,500 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ’n’ Roll Poker Open” Championship
Level 29:  40,000/80,000/10,000 Ante

Nipun Java
Nipun Java

Nipun Java raised UTG+1 to 175,000, Joshua Gibson called from the small blind, and David Prociak called from the big blind.

The flop came 9h6c2h, and Gibson bet 260,000. Prociak folded, and Java called. The turn was the Kh, Gibson bet 350,000, and Java called.

The river was the Jc, Gibson checked, Java bet 700,000, and Gibson tanked for more than two minutes before he folded, asking if Java would show his cards. On the rail, Chance Kornuth shouted, “Show a bluff! For the fans!”

Java showed one card — the As — as he took the pot. Kornuth yelled, “One card isn’t a bluff!”

Gibson said, “I had ace-deuce,” which would have given him bottom pair. But Java got the pot.

Nipun Java  –  3,650,000  (46 bb)
Joshua Gibson  –  2,375,000  (30 bb)

Nipun Java
Nipun Java (foreground) challenging Joshua Gibson (background)