Sternberg Celebrates a Chop
Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
From late position, Justin Sternberg raised to 51,000 only to have Matthew Henson three bet him. Action quickly folded to Sternberg who moved all in. Henson snap called with and was dominating the of Sternberg. Their stacks were nearly identical.
The flop gave Sternberg hope though. It came the and gave him four outs to win the pot. The turn was the which now gave him only two outs to win the pot but could split the pot with four other cards. One of those chop pot outs was the and that's exactly what fell on the river.
Sternberg got up and celebrated with his rail while Hensen is left shaking his head.