Hunichen Loses a Big Pot to Hoffenberg and is Left with Just a Few Big Blinds
Level 24
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
All the money went in before the flop. Chris Hunichen open-raised in early position, Maurice Hawkins called on the cut-off. David Hoffenberg then shoved from the small blind. Hunichen called, Hawkins folded.
David Hoffenberg: K♠K♦
Chris Hunichen: A♦Q♣
The flop K♣9♠9♦ was terrible for Hunichen, giving Hoffenberg a full house and leaving him with running aces as the only way to win. He started counting out the bet for Hoffenberg's stack before the dealer dealt out the 2♥ turn and the 3♦. A pot of around 2,000,000 was sent to Hoffenberg and Hunichen kept a very short stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,150,000
2,051,000
|
2,051,000 |
|
1,200,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
290,000
710,000
|
710,000 |