Two Playground regular players got involved in big hands just now but with very different results.
First, Josh Kimmel open-shoved his small-blind with about 330K (~13BB) and the big blind (Jonathan Bussieres) called. Josh turned over
while Jonathan held
. The board ran out
and Jonathan’s King high took the pot.
Just a minute or so later, Bill Kontaratos was in the tank for a short while facing a shove to his BB. Eventually he called and flipped over
while his opponent, Barron Ha, had shoved with
. The board ran out
and Bill’s pocket pair held up.
- 39. Baron Ha, $4,886
- 40. Josh Kimmel, $4,886