Karakas Flops Three Queens

Adam Lamers

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

There was a raise to 1,600 in the hijack and it was called by the small blind. Erkan Karakas also tagged along from the big blind to see a flop of Q?Q?8?. The action checked to the hijack who continued with a bet of 1,500. The small blind folded and Karakas check-raised to 4,500 which his opponent called.

The turn was the 9? and Karakas dropped in a bet of 30,000. His opponent mulled it over before calling off his stack of around 16,000. Karakas tabled K?Q? while his opponent was left drawing slim with 10?9?. The river was the 2? and Karakas held on to send his opponent to the rail.