Stroke Picks Off Lekerov

A massive pot had already developed as Shawn Stroke and Aibek Lekerov went to the river right before break with the board showing 4♣K♣3♣9♠J♣.

Lekerov, in the cutoff, then announced pot and moved the rest of his stack forward. Stroke asked for confirmation that Lekerov had enough to move all in as he began tanking.

"I was just wondering why you didn't try to rip it on the turn," Stroke said as the dealer counted the pot as 34,800. Lekerov had 1,100 remaining after his bet, and Stroke eventually called.

Lekerov turned over A♣A♥J♦5♥, but Stroke had Q♠J♣10♥5♦ for a straight to win the pot and leave Lekerov with crumbs when he comes back from break.