Nheiu Sets Up Hewitt for the KO
Level 12
: Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Paul Nheiu opened to 12,000 from the cutoff and was called by Christopher Hewitt in the small blind, as well as Evgenii Tsatskin in the big blind.
On the Q♦9♥7♣ flop, it checked to Nheiu who bet 25,000. Hewitt called and Tsatskin quickly got out of the way.
The turn brought the 3♥ as it checked to Nheiu again who cut out a bet of 60,000. Hewitt then jammed for his roughly 120,000 remaining stack, and Nheiu snapped it off as the covering player.
Christopher Hewitt: K♣Q♠
Paul Nheiu: 9♦9♣
Hewitt had flopped top pair with second kicker, but was drawing dead on the turn against the middle set of Nheiu. The 10♥ river was a mere formality as the three nines awarded Nheiu the pot, and Hewitt was eliminated.