Viox Pays Off Montes
Level 21
: Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Chris Viox raised to 50,000 from early position with Q♣J♣ and Santiago Montes three-bet from middle position with A♦5♦ to 130,000. When the action got back to Viox, he called.
Both checked ont he 2♣A♥Q♠ flop to see the A♠ pair the board on the turn. Viox checked, Montes bet 100,000 with his trips, and Viox called.
The 9♦ filled out the board and after Viox checked it over, Montes announced a bet of 220,000 with his trip aces. Viox took some time to think it over and after around a minute, he announced a call. After seeing the bad news, he tossed the chips over to Montes, whose stack grew to almost 1,700,000.