Koppel Ousts Stewart in a Nearly 2 Million Pot

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Fireworks erupted on Table 8 and it all started simply enough with Richard Koppel calling an open by Michael Stewart. Both players checked the J♦A♦A♠ flop before Koppel bet 200,000 on the 5♦ turn.

Stewart called before Koppel jammed for more than around 500,000 his opponent had behind on the 4♦ river. Stewart made the call and instantly shouted “I’m out” to his friends on the rail after the cards were turned over.

Koppel flopped the goods with a full house holding A♣J♥. This was more than enough to beat the trip aces held by Stewart with A♥K♦ to hit the rail, while Koppel was the first player climbing over the 2 million chip mark.

Richard Koppel – 2.1 million
Michael Stewart – 0