If Koray Aldemir wins the 2021 World Series of Poker Main Event — he’s the chip leader heading into Wednesday night with three players, Jack Oliver and George Holmes are the others — he can look back on this hand as a huge reason why.
He’s currently at 264.6 million chips, far ahead of Oliver (77.3M) and Holmes (57.4). At the time of this hand, he had nearly 140 million.
Alejandro Lococo was dealt a pair of 10s and raised to 2 million. Aldemir had a pair of 9s and three-bet to 5.6 million, which Lococo called.
The flop? Two Jacks … and a 9. He flopped a full house! Lococo checked, and Aldemir decided to bet 3.9 million. Not a huge bet, but a small enough one to entice Lococo to throw in some money with two pair. Lococo called.
An 8 on the turn gave Lococo a straight draw, and he checked again. Aldemir threw in 11.4 million which got called.
The river? A harmless 3. Lococo with one more check … and Aldemir put him all in, which Lococo called. OOF.
Lococo was out and Aldemir is going into Wednesday night with a HUGE lead.
