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Leonardo Sends Staats to the Exit
Level 23
: 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Reginald Leonardo began the action with an open to 60,000 from the cutoff. Christopher Staats wanted to play for it all and opted to jam for 180,000 on the button. Leonardo made the call to put Staats at risk.
Christopher Staats: K♦10♦
Reginald Leonardo: A♣4♦
Staats had a fighting chance, and the flop still kept him in the hunt when it came J♠K♥A♠. Although Leonardo hit his ace, Staats was still drawing to a straight and his hole cards for the win.
The 4♠ turn trimmed Leonardo's outs to hoping for a straight or trip kings.
That did not happen when the A♠ came on the river as Leonardo upgraded to a full house to eliminate Staats from contention.