Lipton Smacks the River to Stop the Rodriguez Train
Level 33
: Blinds 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante
When it folded to Juan Rodriguez in the small blind, he raised to 1,100,000 and Chad Lipton jammed for 5,300,000 from the big blind. Rodriguez snap-called.
Chad Lipton: A♥3♥
Juan Rodriguez: Q♦Q♣
Lipton was in bad shape, and Rodriguez had the chance to record his third elimination of the day.
The dealer fanned the 2♣4♥8♥ flop and Rodriguez said to Lipton, "That's about as good of a flop as you could hope for, Chad."
Lipton didn't flinch and simply stared at the spot where the turn card would land.
The dealer put out the 2♦ turn, and Rodriguez shouted to his rail, "We're gonna hold, we're gonna hold!"
However, the river had other ideas as the A♠ completed the runout, giving Lipton one of the cards he needed to survive