High Roller: Jared Jaffee Takes a Big Pot Against Maria Ho; Maria Ho Doubles Thru Alex Turyansky

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | StructurePayouts
Level 16:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 41

Maria Ho
Maria Ho

After a flop of Ks5h5c, Maria Ho checked the small blind, Jared Jaffee bet 21,000 from the big blind, and Ho called.

The turn card was the 8h, Ho checked, Jaffee bet 54,000, and Ho thought for a while before she called.

The river card was the 10c, Ho checked, Jaffee bet 141,000, and Ho thought for a while before she called. Jaffee showed 5s4d to win the pot with trip fives, and Ho mucked.

Jared Jaffee  –  880,000  (44 bb)
Maria Ho  –  115,000  (6 bb)

Five hands later, Maria Ho moved all in UTG+1 for 115,000, and Alex Turyansky moved all in over the top from the hijack for nearly 400,000 with AdKs.

Ho turned over Ac9c, and she was dominated and facing elimination.

The board came 3h3c2c4s9h, and Ho spiked a nine on the river to win the pot and double up in chips.

Maria Ho  –  280,000  (14 bb)
Alex Turyansky  –  275,000  (14 bb)

With eight players remaining, the average chip stack is about 513,000 (26 big blinds), but only the final seven will finish in the money. Here are the payouts:

1st:  $364,571
2nd:  $232,921
3rd:  $146,842
4th:  $101,270
5th:  $70,889
6th:  $55,699
7th:  $40,508