Aken to Get Ahead

In what developed into a highly intriguing hand just moments before the break, Christian Harder raised it up preflop from middle position, James Akenhead three-bet the button, and Harder made the call.

On a {Q-Hearts}

flop, Harder checked, Akenhead bet 17,500 into a circa 25,000 pot, and Harder called.

A {5-Spades}

turn didn't slow Akenhead down; he bet 34,500. Again, Harder called.

The {A-Hearts}

river was an interesting card, and one that led to Harder checking, and Akenhead making his third consecutive bet, this time to the tune of 47,500 which, with around 25,000 behind, accounted for the majority of his remaining stack.

With the cameras closing in, Harder rested his head on his hand and riffled his chips incessantly, the decision ahead evidently torturous. In the end, he trickled in the call, only for Akenhead to insta-table (new phrase coined?) {A-Spades}