Liang Hits An Apparent Miracle Ace on the River
Level 24
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
A player raised from late position to 80,000 only to see Michael Liang three-bet jam 925,000 from the cutoff. The button and blinds got out of the way before the original raiser snap-called to set up a runout with Liang at risk.
Michael Liang: A♦9♥
Late Position: J♥J♠
The 7♥10♥6♦ flop was safe for the player holding jacks and the 3♠ on the turn didn't change anything either, but when the A♥ fell on the river, Liang doubled to almost 2,000,000 chips.
As the pot was collected and pushed to Liang, the big blind said, "I had an ace, too. If you didn't shove, I would have" to which the small blind responded, "I had one too!", making it apparent that Liang had spiked a one outer to survive and double into a massive stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,950,000 | 1,826,000 |