McKenzie Takes One Out, But Gives it Back To Another

We arrived at the table to see Jesse McKenzie lose a big pot, but still have a sizable chip stack after being able to eliminate the first player from the tournament a few hands earlier.

McKenzie recalled to us how the player under the gun limped into the pot, as well as another, before he bumped it up to 500. Both players called to see the flop come , with two hearts. The first player bet out 1,200, which brought a fold from the next player, but not McKenzie, who raised to 4,200. His opponent made the call before going all in on the turn for her remaining 6,500 in chips. McKenzie called.

The hands were turned over, and McKenzie’s flopped set of fours meant his opponent was drawing dead holding the . The river came the , and McKenzie scooped in the pot as his opponent tapped the table and exited the room.

The hand were he lost it all back was caught when he and his opponent committed 1,000 in chips on a board reading . The turn fell the , and Mckenzie bet out 2,500, which was snapped-called by his opponent. On the river , McKenzie took one more shot, throwing out a bet of 4,000 in chips, but it didn’t faze his opponent, who quickly made the call.

“Do you have a spade?” asked McKenzie, motioning a fold.

”What do you have? I paid to see!” said his opponent, waiting until McKenzie showed to reveal her hand.

McKenzie mucked his cards, which the dealer then tabled, announcing that his opponent had the right to see his cards, because she made the call. His hand was turned over to show the for a pair of eights. Hiss opponent tabled for a rivered flush.