Event 18: Nice Set Up

$2500 + $200 Double Play NL Championship

Boyle with the Check-Call Grin

James Boyle (Havre de Grace, MD) and Douglas Friedmutter (Brooklyn, NY) see a flop of Q♠ 10♦ 4♠. Boyle checks, Friedmutter bets, Boyle calls.

Turn: 8♠

Boyle check-calls again.

River: Q♣

Boyle leads out for 6k and Friedmutter tanks. He eventually makes the crying call and Boyle shows a full house with 4♥ 4♦ for 4s full of queens.

Friedmutter says, "nice hand," and mucks. Boyle takes down the 20k pot and is now just above the 30k starting stack, while Friedmutter is down to 52k.

Friedmutter says he built his stack by hitting a set of queens against pocket aces at the end of Level 2.