Taveras Busts Kim With King-High, Lopez Folds the Winner
Level 24
: Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Henry Lopez had a bet of 600,000 in front of him from the button on a flop of 2♠5♦9♠ before Jonathan Kim moved all in for 1,675,000 in the big blind. Omar Taveras called in the cutoff, while Lopez then went deep into the tank. He took several minutes and eventually folded to leave Kim and Taveras heads-up.
Jonathan Kim: 6♠3♠
Omar Taveras: K♠Q♠
Both Kim and Taveras were on flush draws, and neither improved on the 2♣ turn or 5♥ river as Taveras took down the pot with king-high to send Kim to the rail.
"I knew it," Lopez said, admitting he folded two tens. "I just couldn't put both of them on a flush," he added.