Case Queen Unlucky for Foulkes, Lucky for Stout

Matt "All In at 420" Stout is high on the hog after a huge pot at Table 46 propelled him to close to the chip lead. Stout played his hand extremely straightforwardly and caught a lucky break with a flop that hit him harder than it had his opponent, Ethan Foulkes.

Foulkes opened to 4,000 pre-flop, then called Stout's 11,300 re-raise. The two played the hand very cautiously on a queen-high flop, {Q-Diamonds}

, with Foulkes checking deliberately and Stout betting 12,800 similarly deliberately. Foulkes called.

The turn was a seeming blank, the {6-Spades}

. Again Foulkes checked. Stout doubled his bet to 25,600, then snap-called after Foulkes moved in. Foulkes knew immediately that he was crushed. Stout turned up {Q-Hearts}