Bush Saved by the River
Level 13
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
There was three-way action all in preflop between the hijack, Ernest Bush from the cutoff, and Asi Elias from the big blind as the covering stack. The hijack held the short stack, while Bush had an additional 93,000 in the side pot.
Hijack: K♠10♣
Ernest Bush: A♦Q♠
Asi Elias: A♥K♦
Elias was in good shape to score the double knockout dominating both hands. The 7♦3♥3♦ flop kept him in the lead.
However, the 6♦ turn gave Bush the nut flush draw, but it was the Q♣ that landed on the river to give him the winner after pairing his queen. Bush more than doubled his stack while the hijack was eliminated, and Elias took a substantial hit to his stack.
The field now sits as 11 players left, three spots from the money.