May 16, 2024
Photo: Wo Jun Chen
After a flop of , action checks to Jean-Francois Carrier, who moves all in from the button for 51,500. Wo Jun Chen calls all in under the gun for 47,000, and Matthew Metallic waits for exact counts before he folds from UTG+1.
Chen shows for a pair of aces with a jack kicker, and Carrier turns over for a pair of aces with a nine kicker. Chen needs his hand to hold to stay alive.
The turn card is the , the river card is the , and Chen wins the pot with his jack kicker to double up in chips, knocking Carrier down to just three big blinds.
Wo Jun Chen – 140,000 (93 bb)
Jean-Francois Carrier – 4,500 (3 bb)