Hughes' Pot-Sized Shove Gets Through
Level 16
: 3,000/6,000, 0 ante
In the cutoff, Veselin Karakitukov made it 15,000 and found two callers in Ryan Hughes (button) and Joseph Liberta (big blind).
The 
hit the felt and Karakitukov bet 27,000 in position. Hughes raised to 65,000 and Liberta cold-called. Karakitukov figured out that it was the right time to wave the white flag and released his hand into the muck.
The turn was the 
and Liberta checked. Hughes asked what the size of the pot was and the answer was 205,000. He potted and Liberta asked if Hughes even had that much. It was counted at 196,500 and Liberta let his hand go after 30 seconds or so.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
400,000 | 150,000 |
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320,000 | -30,800 |
|
260,000 | -30,000 |
, Ardit Kurshumi had a bet of 40,000 in front of him. Alexey Makarov had raised all in for 135,000 more effective from the big blind. Kurshumi thought a couple of minutes and let it go, and Makarov rolled over 
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. Mizrachi took a big lead on 
as he held a pair and a flush draw but the 
, 
landed on the table and Flack checked. Nguyen didn't waste a second and moved all in. Flack threw his cards away, showing he had a huge straight draw. 
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, Ryan Laplante bet 22,000 and Lars Gronning was thinking things over from the big blind. He then moved all in for about 75,000 and Laplante was in there with a snap-call holding 
for bottom two. The 
but Aranda pumped the price to 92,000. Schwartz thought about it for a while but ultimately decided to let it go.
between them. Morgenstern called 65,000 from the big blind and checked the 
river. Wasserson bet 175,000. Morgenstern thought for about 30 seconds and released.
but he had plenty of cards to dodge. The 
was one of them and Romero moved to exit but the 
river saved him.