03-13-2009 19:50 UTC-4

Nixon Moving Chips

[user66118]

John Nixon had about 170,000 chips left, and they all went into the middle preflop holding {A-Diamonds}

{A-Diamonds}

{J-Spades}

. Unfortunately for him, Michael Michnik looked down at {A-Spades}

{A-Spades}

{K-Hearts}

and made the call, putting himself all in for about 130,000 total.

Board: {8-Spades}

{8-Spades}

{6-Clubs}

{7-Hearts}

{2-Hearts}

{5-Diamonds}

.

Michnik's kicker held up, and he earned a huge double-up to 260,000, leaving his opponent with just 37,000.

On the next hand, Nixon moved all in with {K-Diamonds}

{K-Diamonds}

{4-Diamonds}

and got action from Jason Young, who turned over {A-Diamonds}

{A-Diamonds}

{6-Diamonds}

. This time though, Nixon managed to connect with the board and outdraw Young. He has gotten his own double-up, back to 88,000, now essentially even with Young.

Tags: Jason Young John Nixon Michael Michnik