2015 RunGood Poker Series Horseshoe Council Bluffs

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2015 RunGood Poker Series Horseshoe Council Bluffs
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
75
Prize
$39,083
Event Info
Buy-in
$600
Prize Pool
$251,340
Entries
426
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Players Left 1 / 426

Thornton Steamrolling the Competition

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

It seems Joe Thornton can do no wrong.

In a recent hand there was around 30,000 in the pot and a flop of {k-Spades}{10-Spades}{5-Hearts} when Thornton checked and Mac McMillen bet 16,000. The player in the hijack then jammed in for roughly 50,000, the cutoff folded, and Thornton announced a call. McMillen seemed torn as to what to do, but eventually he released his hand.

Thornton: {a-Spades}{3-Spades}
Hijack: {q-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}

"Damnit," McMillen lamented, indicating he had folded a king. That king would have been good too as both Thornton and the hijack missed their draws after the {3-Hearts} blanked on the turn followed by the {5-Diamonds} on the river. As it was, Thornton won the pot with a pair of threes and jumped up to 400,000!

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Joe Thornton
Joe Thornton
400,000
160,000
160,000
Profile photo of Mac McMillen
Mac McMillen
60,000
20,000
20,000

Tags: Joe Thornton