Event 12: Jordan Meltzer Finds a Call

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Single Re-Entry)
Level 20: 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 139

Josias Santos opened the button to 12,000, and Jordan Meltzer three-bet to 42,000 in the big blind. Santos called.

The flop was AsQd8s, and both players checked. The turn was the 7c. Meltzer bet 45,000, and Santos called. The river was the Qh, and Meltzer checked. Santos quickly bet 50,000, sending Meltzer deep into the tank. He had 106,000 chips left in front of him, so the bet represented close to half his remaining stack.

“I was kinda planning on calling,” Meltzer said at one point during his soak. “But you bet so small.” After several minutes, he did indeed call. He was right; Santos showed JcTc for a miss, and Meltzer’s Kc4d was good enough to win him the pot with his king kicker.

Jordan Meltzer – 338,000 (56 bb)
Josias Santos – 175,000 (29 bb)