Matsueda Spikes Quad Queens to Soar into the Chip Lead

Kirk Brown

Level 34 : Blinds 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

After a preflop betting war, Stephen Silverman, Shariq Khan, and Junya Matsueda get all of their chips into the middle, with Matsueda covering.

Shariq Khan: 10?10? All in
Stephen Silverman: A?A? All in
Junya Matsueda: Q?Q?

Silverman was poised in a prime position to score a boatload of chips with his aces, but his heart sank as the flop came out 3?Q?2? to give Matsueda a huge lead with top set of queens. And just in case there was still hope for his opponents, it disappeared quickly as the fourth Q? rolled off on the turn to leave them dead in the water. The river 4? was just a formality as the monstrous pot was shipped to Matsued to catapult him into the chip lead.