Event 15: What Can You Do When You Flop a Set, But Your Opponent Turns a Higher Set? River Quads!

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  80 of 556

Andriy Kovalchuk
Andriy Kovalchuk

Andriy Kovalchuk raised to 9,000, his opponent moved all in for 75,000, and Kovalchuk called with JxJx.

His opponent turned over AxAx, and needed the aces to hold to stay alive.

The flop came Jx6x4x, giving Kovalchuk a big lead with a set of jacks.

But the turn card was an Ax, giving his opponent a higher set, and leaving Kovalchuk with a one-outer.

The river card was — the case Jx!

Kovalchuk won the pot with quad jacks to eliminate his opponent and catapult up to 280K.

Andriy Kovalchuk  –  280,000  (70 bb)

With 80 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 139,000 (35 big blinds). The final 70 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $1,770 each.