Barer Leads Into a Three-Way Pot
Level 30
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Aleksejs Ponakovs raised to 240,000 in middle position and Ami Barer called in the small blind, as did big blind Owen Dodd.
The flop came Q♠10♥8♦ and Barer, holding A♦J♦, led out for 375,000 with his straight draw. Dodd folded A♥9♥, while Ponakovs tanked for a moment before also mucking J♥8♥.