Himmelbrand Gets Plenty of Action with Pocket Rockets
Level 4
: 200/400, 400 ante
Greg Himmelbrand had opened from early position to 1,000. Another player raised to 3,800 from the cutoff and saw a small blind call that bet. Tiago Aguiar found a spot with lots of chips already in the middle to announce, "all in," with a stack of 27,900.
Back to Himmelbrand, the initial raiser, who thought for about 45 seconds and made the call.
Both other players thought for quite some time but must have got the idea that Himmelbrand had a monster. They both folded, and they weren't wrong.
"Aces?" said Aguiar. He was right. Himmelbrand flipped his 
and Aguiar had 
.
The board ran out clean for the aces. "Sometimes they play themselves," said Himmelbrand, as he scooped the big pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
95,000 | 95,000 |
|
Busted |