Carter's Wild Ride

Down to his last four big blinds, Tom Carter raised all in over two limps, and ended up in a six-way pot.

All remaining players checked the flop, and Jon Turner bet 3,000 on the turn, with all other live players folding.

Tom Carter:
Jon Turner:

An on the river counterfeited Turner's pair of fives, shipping the pot to Carter with aces and eights on the board, with a king kicker. That hand brought Carter's stack up to 13,200.

Carter put that stack to work on the following hand, going all in from middle position. Jesse Capps called in the cutoff, Jed Hoffman reshoved on the button, and Capps called.

Tom Carter:
Jesse Capps:
Jed Hoffman:

Board:

Hoffman was in the lead until the turn , which gave Capps top pair. One card away from a double KO, Capps saw a fall on the river, tripling Carter up and sending Hoffman packing.

That brought Carter up to 42,600, but on the very next hand he lost a big chunk of that newly acquired stack right back to Capps.
With a significant pot already brewing, Carter check-called a 3,000 bet from Capps on the turn of a board.