Alex Foxen Makes a Straight

Alex Foxen opens to 800 in the cutoff and receives a call from the player on the button. Tom Wheaton calls in the big blind to take action three ways to the flop . Wheaton checks and Foxen continuation-bets 1,600. The player on the button calls and Wheaton folds.

With action heads up, the turn comes . Foxen continues for another 4,600 and his opponent calls. The river falls and Foxen fires a third barrel for 12,100. His opponent thinks for close to a minute and then throws in chips to call.

Foxen tables for a rivered straight and his opponent mucks, earning him the pot.

Alex Foxen – 63300 (158 bb)
Tom Wheaton – 78000 (195 bb)