Salvador’s Kings Hold

Herbie Teope

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Miguelangel Salvador found himself as one of Table 17’s shortest stacks, but he woke up with a big hand at the right time.

A player in early position raised, and then a player in late position three-bet to 10,000. The button folded, and the small blind moved all in for 19,000.

Now, it was Salvador’s turn. He took one look at his cards and moved all in for 32,000, which forced the original raiser to fold. The player in late position asked for a count of both all-in players, and then agonized on the decision before folding, leading to both live hands to be tabled.

Salvador: K?K?
Opponent: 10?10?

“I folded queens,” the original raiser said after seeing the cards on the board.

The dealer placed 8?5?8?2?J? on the board, to give Salvador much needed chips shortly before the hour-long dinner break and sending his opponent to the rail.

“Big hand,” Salvador said as he pulled in the pot from the dealer.