Knuth Gets Three Streets With a Set
Level 26
: Blinds 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
Alessio La Francesca limped in from the small blind, and Daniel Knuth checked his option from the big blind.
Both saw the 6♣9♥4♠ flop, where La Francesca bet 200,000 and Knuth raised to 575,000. La Francesca called to the 3♥ turn, where he checked it over. Knuth then bet 455,000, which La Francesca called.
A J♦ hit the river, and after La Francesca checked again, Knuth bet 750,000. La Francesca went into the tank and burned through a few time banks before he eventually called with Q♣9♦ for a pair of nines.
Knuth had that beat with a set of sixes holding 6♠6♥, which earned him the pot and a stack of almost five million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,955,000
1,880,000
|
1,880,000 |
|
1,330,000
2,260,000
|
2,260,000 |