Yu Folds Best Hand After Longmate and Legg Shove
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Anthony Legg raised from early position to 13,000, Ryan Yu called from the cutoff seat, and then David Longmate reraised all in on the button for 127,000. After the blinds folded, Legg reraised all in for 235,000, and this smacked Yu right in the face with frustrated surprise.
Yu tanked, talked to himself, and even held his cards up for half the table to see. He had the 
and eventually folded the hand face up, claiming to beat only ace-king. Lo and behold, both Longmate and Legg had big slick — Longmate had the 
and Legg the 
.
The flop, turn, and river ran out 
, and the two players chopped up the pot as Yu was left happy his opponents would've spiked a king.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
438,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
|
245,000
113,000
|
113,000 |
|
137,000
-99,000
|
-99,000 |