Jacob Toole Counterfeits Paul Nash's Two-Pair

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Barley ten minutes into Day 3, we have already seen our first all-in confrontation. After Christopher Homan raised to 28,000 from middle position, Jacob Toole reraised all-in from the small blind, placing his last 150,000 or so chips at risk. Paul Nash decided to come over the top and four-bet for the rest of his stack. Homan got out of the way and the cards were revealed.

Showdown:

Nash: {K-Clubs} {Q-Clubs}
Toole: {A-Spades} {A-Hearts}

Toole was in a commanding position with the mother of all Hold'em hands, and Nash would need to catch lucky in order to score the knockout.

Flop: {K-Hearts} {Q-Diamonds} {9-Clubs}

Catch lucky is exactly what Nash did, spiking top two-pair on the flop to take the lead. The turn card came {8-Diamonds} and Nash was one card away from taking the chip lead.

River: {8-Spades}

With that, Nash's two-pair had been counterfeited by Toole's aces up. This double-up boosted Toole to 350,000 while Nash dropped to 430,000 with the runner-runner beat.