Herm Makes a Strong Call
Level 17
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
The flop read 
when Eddie Ochana checked from the small blind to Mark Herm in the big. Herm bet 44,000 and Ochana check-raised to 143,000.
Herm went into the tank for quite a while but eventually he made the call.
The turn was the 
and Ochana moved all in to put a lot of pressure on Herm.
Ochana's shove was for about 300,000 chips and Herm tanked for about eight minutes before he ultimately made the call.
Ochana: 
Herm: 
Herm had made an impressive call for a lot of chips and he was rewarded when the river bought the 
. Herm's now sitting on one of the biggest stacks in the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,275,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
|
Busted |