Ayers Spikes the River to Bust Hoffman
Level 14
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
After an exchange of preflop raises, Albert Hoffman under the gun and Christopher Ayers in the cutoff ended up with all their chips in the middle.
Albert Hoffman: A♥A♠
Christopher Ayers: J♦J♠
Hoffman had Ayers crushed with his aces and was poised to take down the big pot as the board came 6♣Q♣9♥7♠. The river, though, brought the J♥ to give Ayers a set.
The stacks were counted down, and Ayers' remaining 193,000 had Hoffman narrowly covered to send him to the rail.