Katz Approaches 500,000 in Chips

No-Limit Hold'em

Four-way to the turn, small blind Tommy Chen led out 6,600. Big blind Aaron Katz, pumped the price to 22,000 and things got even more interesting when Michael Mizrachi cold-called from the cutoff. Button John Monette gave up, but Chen called to continue battling for the juicy pot.

With a flush possibility on the turn, the river was certainly interesting as well, pairing the board. Chen checked and Katz made things simple but definitely not easy. He reached for four of the most valuable chips, throwing in a bet of an even 100,000.

Mizrachi wasn't ready to fold so quickly. He kept shuffling with some of his chips and then reached out to his stack to add some more. He was shuffling with 200,000, and it looked as if he was almost about to min-raise. However, he eventually folded. Chen released his cards in the blink of an eye, leaving the big pot to Katz.

Katz is now sitting on roughly 500,000, good for a provisional top three.