Pocket Kings Give Lodden a Big Double
From the hijack seat, Team PokerStars Pro Johnny Lodden raised to 35,000. Joseph Cheong, who recently moved into the seat next door with over a million in chips, three-bet to 80,000. Action then folded to Andreas Samuelsson in the big blind. He took his time before four-betting to 185,000. Lodden was back up and thought about his decision. He had 507,000 chips behind and announced that he was all in, a total bet of 542,000. Cheong quickly mucked and then Samuelsson called.
Lodden tabled the 
. He was up against the 
for Samuelsson and in dominating position to double through.
The flop came down 
and Lodden smacked a full house straight away. The turn was the 
to seal the deal before the 
completed the board on the river.
Samuelsson lost half his stack on the hand while Cheong mentioned that he folded an eight preflop.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,188,000 | 660,000 |
|
1,070,000 | -62,000 |
|
585,000 | -692,000 |