Miller's Turn to Lose With Aces
Level 9
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Tristan Jappa raised to 3,000 in the hijack before Ben Miller moved all in for 25,000 in the small blind. Richard Birner then reshoved in the big blind, and Jappa got out of the way.
Ben Miller: A♦A♣
Richard Birner: A♠K♠
Miller hit the last ace in the deck on the A♥Q♠6♣ flop to make top set, but the 10♥ turn and J♠ river gave Birner a running staight to win the hand and send Miller, runner-up in the Gateway Poker Classic here in August, to the rail.
At the same table, Kevin Howard has built up a stack of around 200,000.