Szecsi Puts Cornell in the Blender

Ryan Lashmar

Level 30 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Norbert Szecsi opened to 400,000 from the button and Tyler Cornell defended his big blind.

The flop came J?Q?J? and Cornell check-called a 275,000 continuation bet from Szecsi.

Cornell checked again on the 4? turn and Szecsi fired a second barrel for 550,000. Cornell check-raised to 1,500,000 and Szecsi made the call.

Cornell bet 2,200,000 on the 5? river, committing more than two thirds of his stack. Szecsi raised to 5,830,000, enough to put Cornell all in. Cornell went deep into the tank, clearly put on a difficult decision.

After four minutes and 11 seconds of consideration, Cornell folded J?10? for trips and was left short-stacked while Szecsi, who had A?4? for the ace-high flush, extended his chip lead over the rest of the field.