Lamancusa Locks Up a Double
Level 2
: Blinds 200/300, 300 ante
Joshua Lamancusa was sitting under the gun and was already looking at a J♥8♠7♠4♠ board. The pot stood at 19,000, and he was heads-up against Joshua Mammen, who was in the big blind.
Mammen check-called a shove by Lamancusa on the turn for his last 8,400, and the pair flipped their cards.
Joshua Lamancusa: A♥J♦
Joshua Mammen: A♠Q♣
Mammen was looking for the spade flush to come in on the river, but Lamancusa was hoping to hold with top pair.
A 5♣ was placed on the river, and Lamancusa held to lock up the double. The two Joshuas ended the hand on roughly the same chip count.