Some River Love
Level 16
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Hiroyuki Noda opened to 24,000 from the cutoff before Imari Love chose to go all-in for 116,000 on the button. Ohad Geiger made the call out of the big blind. Noda folded to get out of the way as Love and Geiger went to a showdown.
Imari Love: A♥9♣
Ohad Geiger: J♦J♥
Love was facing an uphill battle as he went to a runout against the pocket jacks of Geiger.
The Q♥K♦6♦ flop did not help Love much at all, but the K♣ turn gave Love some additional outs.
Love was calling for the queen on the river. The queen didn't come, but an ace did when the river peeled the A♠ to give Love a pair of aces and the double-up.