Hand #56: Brendan Baksh Nearly Killed by the Turn, Saved by a Chop on the River

Brendan Baksh (pictured) moves all in from the button for 540,000, and Pat Quinn calls from the small blind with . Baksh turns over , and needs his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board comes — the board turns two pair to counterfeit Baksh’s pocket threes, but the five on the river puts a full house on the board to chop the pot.

Seat 1.  Eric Afriat  –  730,000
Seat 2.  Maxime Heroux  –  7,345,000
Seat 3.  Derek Wolters  –  2,550,000
Seat 4.  Brendan Baksh  –  650,000
Seat 5.  Pat Quinn  –  6,905,000