Ricard Drills River in Biggest Pot of Tournament

Brett Slezak

Level 6 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Action was picked up three-ways in a single-raised pot between Karim El Rharbaoui in the hijack, Adrien Ricard on the button, and Larbi Mabrouki in the big blind.

With the board reading 7?6?5?, El Rharbaoui continued for 2,100. Ricard raised to 10,000 and Mabrouki cold-called. With the action back on El Rharbaoui, he jammed for 31,000 and Ricard quickly called. Now, Mabrouki jammed as the covering stack and Ricard shrugged as he called it off for 123,000 to create a massive pot.

Karim El Rharbaoui: A?8? All in
Adrien Ricard: 7?6? All in
Larbi Mabrouki: J?9?

El Rharbaoui held an open-ended straight flush draw, Ricard had two pair, while Mabrouki had flopped the flush and held one of El Rharbaoui's two outs.

The entire table stood up from their chairs as the K? landed on the turn, giving no help to the at-risk players. However, in dramatic fashion the dealer peeled the 7? on the river, which gave Ricard a full house. He collected a huge pot to eliminate El Rharbaoui and leave Mabrouki crippled.