Hijar Outraces Weissman

Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 14 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Joey Weissman opened to 10,000 from under the gun and faced a three-bet to 32,500 from J Hijar out of the small blind. Weissman responded by moving all in with the covering stack. Hijar promptly called to put himself at risk.

J Hijar:
Joey Weissman:

Hijar was locked in the most classic of races for his tournament life but found no help on the flop. The turn did give him a wheel draw and, with one card between himself and elimination, Hijar opted to use his one time. That seemed to be a good decision as the rolled off the deck on the river to improve Hijar to a wheel and hand him a huge double late in the day. Weissman, meanwhile, could only watch as a good portion of his stack was shipped across the table.