Matakis Pushes Back
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 6,000 ante
Ian Matakis completed his small blind and saw Jeff Petronack raise his option to 40,000. Matakis called to bring a flop of 
. Both players checked.
The turn was 
and Petronack threw out a bet of 40,000. Matakis announced he was all in, pushing his stack of 199,000 forward. Petronack looked at him with a grin, shook his head, and then sent his cards to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
475,000
-123,000
|
-123,000 |
|
365,000
123,000
|
123,000 |
|
||
and Petronack fired out a continuation-bet of 60,000. Matakis called again. The turn came 
and Petronack announced he was all in. Matakis asked for a count, which was totaled to be 193,000, and then sent his cards to the muck, resulting in a won pot for Petronack. 
. He would now need to fade the remaining jacks as well as running straight or flush cards to stay alive, and would do just that as the turn 
and river 
and Petronack check-called a continuation-bet of 18,000 from Matakis. 
went check-check to bring the river 
. Petronack cut out 65,000 in front of him into two stacks of five T5,000 chips with three more on top of them and then slid the bet forward. Matakis called.
. Petronack checked to Matakis, who made a continuation-bet of 20,000. Petronack called.
and Petronack checked again. Matakis continued, firing another 45,000. Petronack thought for a bit and then called. Both players then checked the river 
to take the hand to showdown.
for ace-high and a busted wheel draw. Matakis tabled 
was of no help to him, giving Matakis a pair of kings. Things would only get worse as the turn 
completed the runout, giving Matakis the nuts as Hanner was sent to the rail as the third-place finisher, earning $12,897 for his efforts.
, where Matakis fired out 30,000. Petronack thought for a bit and then made the call.
, showing that he made the correct call with ace-high to the board's pair of kings to earn him the pot and take him over a half-million in chips in the process.