Event 19: Cooking Up the Action

$200 + $30 Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry)

Cook (left) Eying Up Opponent's Stack

Two of the bigger stacks mix it up in a 425k chip pot that has three way action on a flop of 3♠ 9♥ 4♥:


Justin Cook (Jackson, NJ) checks
Player on his left bets 41k
Third player folds
Cook calls

Turn: 4♦

Cook check-calls 62k

River: 8♣

Cook check-calls 100k

Cook: 5♦ 5♥ (pair of 5s)
Opponent: K♣ Q♣ (king high)

Cook wins the pot with a pair of fives and takes his stack to 765k, his opponent is left with a healthy stack of 400k.