Goldman Backdoors into Trips
Level 23
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
With 600,000 in the pot already, Shoichiro Tamaki and Noah Goldman went heads-up to the turn on a board of 4♠8♠5♣A♣. Tamaki checked before Goldman bet 300,000. Goldman thought for a while and then meticulously carved out the call.
Tamaki immediately checked the A♦ river, and Goldman fired out a big bet of 700,000. Tamaki took a lot longer to make his decision, but in the end, he settled on a call.
Goldman turned over trip aces with A♠K♣ to win the pot, as Tamaki slid his cards face down back to the dealer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,200,000
2,000,000
|
2,000,000 |
|
1,600,000
800,000
|
800,000 |