Huang Coolers Hawkes For a Massive Double
Level 27
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Zexuan Huang raised to 100,000 under the gun and John Clements called in early position. Danny Hawkes then three-bet to 600,000 in the cutoff and Huang tossed in a time bank before moving all in for 1,635,000. Clements folded, while Hawkes called to put Huang at risk and create a pot worth more than 3,000,000.
Zexuan Huang: A♠A♦
Danny Hawkes: Q♥Q♣
Huang had picked up two aces and was a big favorite to take down the massive pot. The board ran out K♥9♦3♣5♣K♦, and Huang stayed in the lead to double up.