12-06-2009 16:59 UTC+2

Roux Rebounding

[user66118]

Jan Skampa made it 140,000 to play, and Anthony Roux wanted to play for more. He announced a raise, then shoved his entire stack forward. It was exactly 1,000,000 to Skampa, and he didn't waste any time making the call with his massive stack.

Showdown
Skampa: {A-Diamonds}

{A-Diamonds}

{Q-Spades}

Roux:

{J-Hearts}

{J-Spades}

Roux stood from his chair to await the results of this coin flip. The flop was pretty safe as it came {10-Spades}

{10-Spades}

{K-Diamonds}

{6-Diamonds}

. The

{6-Spades}

on the turn removed the two straight outs for Skampa, leaving Roux to fade the six aces and queens to double up. The {9-Hearts}

{9-Hearts}

landed safely on the river, and Roux gave a little fist pump as he raked in a pot worth more than 2.3 million.

Tags: Anthony Roux Jan Skampa