Griffin Arnold raises UTG+1 to 140,000, chipleader Mukul Pahuja calls from the hijack, and Griffin Benger reraises from the cutoff to 360,000. Arnold moves all in for 1,705,000, and Pahuja moves all in over the top. Benger sighs, and then folds.
Arnold turns over , but he’ll need to improve to stay alive against Pahuja’s .
The board comes , and Arnold wins the pot with two pair, aces and queens, to double up in chips.
Griffin Arnold – 3,850,000 (64 bb)
Mukul Pahuja – 9,300,000 (155 bb)
In back-to-back hands, Pahuja had pockets aces and pocket kings, though the aces worked out much better for him than the kings did.