Kruger Wins the Pot, Gets Leveled

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Level 4 : 100/200, 0 ante

Jerry Yang opened the pot with an early-position raise to 300, and he found action from three players, including Justin Kruger who came along from the blinds. The dealer burned and ran out a {8-Diamonds} {2-Diamonds} {9-Diamonds} flop, and Kruger check-called a continuation bet of 900 to go heads-up the rest of the way. There were 3,100 chips in the pot as the dealer put the {K-Spades} down on the turn. When Kruger checked again, Yang fired a second bullet worth 2,200, and that was quickly called as well.

That brought them to the river {4-Diamonds} , and now Kruger fired out into the pot with 2,800 of his own chips. Yang immediately sunk in his chair, and he leaned back and shook his head for a minute before double-checking his cards. It was {A-Clubs} {A-Hearts} in the hole for Yang, and he eventually let it go with a sigh. Kruger did him the courtesy of flashing the {K-Diamonds} .

"Gotta show to cards to win," Yang said. Kruger may not have realized that his hand wasn't called, and he went ahead and tabled his {K-Diamonds} {Q-Spades} as the dealer pushed the chips. Yang simply nodded at the free information.