Redden Wins Two Big Ones Back to Back

Monika Kostanjevec

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

John Redden had a stack of around 55 big blinds, when he got it all in against Tomas Pagano preflop. Redden was sitting in the button and Pagano, who was on the big stack and had Redden covered, was the big blind.

John Redden: A?A? All in
Tomas Pagano: K?K?

It was a preflop cooler and Redden was able to hold on 5?10?8?8?6? and double up.

Just a couple of hands later, Redden was again involved in a big pot. After an open from the player in early positition to 1,500, and a call from late position, Redden made it 12,000 from the cutoff. The under the gun folded, but late position called.

The flop came A?7?5? and, after a check from his opponent, Redden bet 75,000, all but a his smallest chips. Late position, who was the effective stack, thought for a moment and called all in.

Late position: J?J? All in
John Redden: A?K?

Redden was looking good for a knockout, which the turn 5? and river 6? delivered. In a span of just two hands, Redden was able to build up to over 150 big blinds.