Tam Fades a Nine, More than Doubles
Three players saw a flop of ![]()
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. Joshua Tam bet 56,000 from middle position after it was checked to him. Chang Luo raised to 128,000 on his immediate left then Carlos Garcia three-bet it to 310,000 from the small blind. Tam called the three-bet and Luo got out of the way.
The turn fell the
. Carlos Garcia led out with a bet of 280,000. Tam paused for a moment and moved all in for his remaining 541,000 and breathed a sigh of relief as his chips were moved forward, seemingly at peace with his decision regardless of what would happen next. Garcia thought about it for about a minute before calling. Tam showed trips with the ![]()
while Garcia had an overpair with the ![]()
.
The
came off on the river to which Tam gasped and exclaimed "Holy s***, I thought that was a nine!"
Tam calmed himself down as he collected the pot with a smile to more than double his stack.