Rheem Spikes the River
Level 27
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
James MacMillan opened from the cutoff and Chino Rheem moved all in for his last 1,450,000. MacMillan snap called and the players headed to showdown.
Chino Rheem: K♣Q♣
James MacMillan: A♦K♠
Rheem was behind and needed to hit the board to stay alive. The A♠J♥9♥ flop brought in stright draw outs for Rheem but MacMillan also improved to top pair.
There was no change on the 6♠ turn, but the 10♠ river card gave Rheem th epot and saved him from elimination.