Buchanan Goes For Broke

[user66118]

Level 29 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

In early position, Austin Buchanan mini-raised to 100,000, and Gerald Timmons made the call next door. In the big blind, Jon Brody squeezed in a reraise to 400,000, and Buchanan moved all in for about 900,000 total. That was enough to get Timmons out of the way, but Brody made the call with a similar-size stack, and the cards were turned up:

Buchanan: {10-Clubs} {10-Hearts}
Brody: {Q-Clubs} {Q-Spades}

Buchanan was in bad shape, and the {5-Diamonds} {A-Spades} {8-Clubs} flop was no good at all.

The turn {10-Diamonds} , however, was quite good as far as Buchanan was concerned. Nobody really reacted to the two-outer, but it pulled Buchanan into a big lead with one to come. The river {3-Spades} left Brody shaking his head as counted out his debt. After paying off Buchanan's double, he is left with just about 180,000 chips.