Bates Shows Two Aces
Level 12
: Blinds 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Phong Nguyen raised to 5,500 in middle position and Alfred Mottur called on the button. Donovan Bates then three-bet to 17,500 in the big blind, and both Nguyen and Mottur called.
The flop came 2♦4♣7♠ and Bates continued for 60,000. Nguyen and Mottur quickly folded, and Bates showed A♥A♦ as he took the pot to move up past 350,000.