2025 Eastern Poker Open

$1,650 High Roller
Day: 1
12
Event Info
2025 Eastern Poker Open
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a8
Prize
$45,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,650
Prize Pool
$129,000
Entries
86
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
86
Players Left
9
Players Left 1 / 86

Big Pocket Pairs Collide in Huge Pot

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Richard Collier
Richard Collier

A preflop battle saw Sam Journeay get his stack of roughly 110,000 all in preflop against Richard Collier.

Sam Journeay: AAAll in
Richard Collier: QQ

Journeay was at risk but held the superior pocket pair. He took a hammerlock on the hand when the 87A flop delivered him a set and left Collier drawing to runner-runner queens.

The K turn took away any shot of that happening and Collier was left drawing dead heading to the meaningless 10 river. Collier was left with just 5,000 after the hand and went bust shortly thereafter.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Sam Journeay us
Sam Journeay
220,000
220,000
220,000
Profile photo of Richard Collier us
Richard Collier
Busted

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