Yau's Kicker Plays

Level 9
: Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
With 20,000 chips in the pot on a board of 2?3?6?8?2?, Ethan Yau was a facing a bet of 11,000 from the player in the big blind. It took all of two seconds for Yau to make the call.
The big blind confidently tabled 8?7? for a pair of eights, but Yau flipped K?8? for eights with a king kicker, which earned him the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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230,000
40,000
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40,000 |
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