Event 15: Nick Pupillo Gets Value From Rivered Trips; Jordan Joeckel Doubles

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 556

Nick Pupillo
Nick Pupillo

Nick Pupillo raised from the small blind to 60,000, and the player in the big blind called. The flop came Kc9c6d, Pupillo bet 50,000, and the big blind called. The turn card was the 3d, and both players checked.

The river card paired the board with the 3h, Pupillo bet 200,000, and the big blind quickly called.

Pupillo turned over 5h3s to win the pot with trip threes, and the big blind mucked.

Nick Pupillo  –  1,735,000  (87 bb)

Jordan Joeckel
Jordan Joeckel

A few minutes later, Jordan Joeckel got it all in from the hijack for 205,000 with 9d9c, and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the cutoff’s AdQh.

The board came 10d8d5s8s4d, and the pocket nines held up for Joeckel to win the pot and double up in chips.

Jordan Joeckel  –  460,000  (23 bb)

With 12 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 925,000 (46 big blinds), and they are all guaranteed at least $8,125 each.