Juanda and Spindler Get it In
We only caught the tail end of a pot a few minutes ago, but it gives some context to what just happened. In that previous pot, John Juanda and Benny Spindler were heads up on a board of , and Spindler bet 42,500 on the river. Juanda made a sick call with , and Spindler showed his airball to lighten his stack a little bit.
A few hands later...
In early position, Spindler opened with a mini raise to 12,000, and action came all the way around to the blinds. Juanda was in the small, and he three-bet it to 67,000 total. Spindler then made it what looked like 112,000, the minimum reraise. Juanda tanked and raised to 192,000 total, pot-committing himself. Spindler might have been committed too; he shrugged and moved all in, and Juanda quickly called all in for his full stack of 283,000.
Showdown
Spindler:
Juanda:
Juanda looked at his watch and smirked at his opponent. "Whoever loses still has time to buy into the High Roller," he quipped.
The dealer made Juanda sweat a little but, but his cowboys ultimately held as the board ran out . That marks a big double up for Juanda, and his table can't be too happy about that. He's up around 600,000 now, while Spindler is left with just 94,000 after starting the day in the top ten.