PokerAtlas Tour at TCH Social Austin

Day 2: Harvell Holds with Queens, Castellanos Exits

Written by Kirk | Dec 8, 2024 10:32:11 PM

After a player opened to 26,000, Justin Harvell three-bet to 113,000, but then Jonathan Castellanos four-bet-jammed for 451,000. 

The original raiser quickly got out of the way, and Harvell thought about it for a few seconds but then tossed out a chip to put himself at risk. 

Harvell: Q♦Q♠
Castellanos: A♥K♦

Harvell would need to hold to stay alive in this classic flip, and the flop of 6♥3♥3♣ was safe for him, but the 9♥ turn gave him a sweat as Castellanos picked up a flush draw. 

Alas, the river was the brick 4♣ and Harvell was awarded the huge pot for the double. 

Left with only 20,000, Castellanos was forced all in from the big blind with ace-deuce but ran into the pocket kings of Sergey Dadonkin and was sent to the payout desk. 

Harvell - 955,000
Dadonkin - 420,000
Castellanos - 0