Thiriart on the Right End of a Cooler
Level 20
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Aliaksei Boika made it 40,000 from under the gun, and Aliaksandr Shylko three-bet to 125,000 from the hijack. Arthur Thiriart four-bet to 255,000 from the button, forcing Boika out. Shylko ripped it in, and Thiriart called off his remaining 1,005,000.
Arthur Thiriart: A♥A♣
Aliaksandr Shylko: K♣K♠
It was a classic preflop cooler, with Thiriart on the right end of it holding pocket aces.
The aces stayed best on the 9♥10♦3♥9♣J♠ runout, and Shylko was forced to send the vast majority of his stack across the table to Thiriart.