Lavallee Loses Them All

Jason Lavallee opened with a raise in late position, and Pierre Neuville three-bet to 6,400 from the blinds. Lavallee made the call, and the two men went heads up to a flop of {2-Hearts}

. Neuville checked, and Lavallee obliged him with a bet of 4,400. As soon as he had acted, Neuville stuck in a check-raise to 14,000, and Lavallee came along with the call.

The turn card brought the {5-Spades}

and a leading bet from Neuville. He made it 16,000 to stay in, and Lavallee went into the tank for several minutes. Finally, and somewhat reluctantly, he announced an all in for 41,900 total. Now it was Neuville's turn to tank, facing a bet for most of his own chips. He shuffled his stack back and forth for several minutes before putting in the call.

"I guess you got me then," lamented Lavallee. He turned up his {7-Diamonds}