King on the River Keeps Garand Alive
From early position, Pierre Garand raised to 150,000 and Cary Katz three-bet to 350,000 two positions down. Action folded to Rick Salomon in the small blind and he cold four-bet to 850,000. The big blind folded.
Garand glanced at his coach Jonathan Duhamel and moved in for 2.2 million total. Katz tanked for a bit before folding, Salomon called.
Rick Salomon: 
Pierre Garand: 
"Ow, ace-king versus queens, a classic confrontation" noted Daniel Negreanu with a serious voice.
The board ran out 
and when the king hit, fellow Canadian Negreanu, Laliberté and Duhamel couldn't contain their excitement. Garand was cool, collecting the sizable pot and going into the last break of the night twice as rich as moments before.
"I had your two outs" Katz told Salomon, indicating he too had queens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,880,000 | 2,090,000 |
|
2,320,000 | -1,200,000 |