A tale of two locals

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 Queen of Spades 10 of Hearts while Jonathan held King of Diamonds 8 of Diamonds. The board ran out 3 of Clubs 3 of Hearts 9 of Spades 6 of Hearts 9 of Diamonds 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 5 of Clubs 5 of Hearts while his opponent, Barron Ha, had shoved with 6 of Clubs 4 of Clubs. The board ran out 2 of Spades King of Clubs 3 of Diamonds 3 of Spades Ace of Clubs and Bill’s pocket pair held up.

  • 39. Baron Ha, $4,886
  • 40. Josh Kimmel, $4,886