Queens Hold the Line
Level 21
: Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Paulius Vaitiekunas opened from under the gun to 240,000 before Daniel Negreanu three-bet to 720,000 from the cutoff. The action folded back to Vaitiekunas, who moved all in for 3,850,000. Negreanu made the call, and the cards were turned over.
Paulius Vaitiekunas: Q♥Q♣
Daniel Negreanu: A♣K♠
Negreanu needed to improve to send Vaitiekunas to the rail, but the board ran out 3♦7♣6♠8♠Q♠. The river queen improved Vaitiekunas to a set, not that he needed it, securing him the double-up and keeping his tournament hopes alive.