Hand #162: Olga Iermolcheva Folds Trip Nines to Lina Niu's Pocket Aces on the River

Dec 19, 2022

Lina Niu and Olga Iermolcheva
Photo:  Lina Niu (left) and Olga Iermolcheva (right)

HAND #162  –  Lina Niu limps for 150,000 with Spade ADiamond A, and Olga Iermolcheva checks her option with Club 9Diamond 5.

The flop comes Heart 9Diamond 9Club 7, Niu bets 200,000, Iermolcheva raises to 500,000, and Niu three-bets it to 1,200,000. Iermolcheva calls.

The turn card is the Diamond Q, Iermolcheva checks, Niu bets 1,900,000, and Iermolcheva calls.

The river card is the Club 2, Iermolcheva checks, Niu bets 1,400,000, and Iermolcheva thinks for a while before she folds trip nines. Niu takes the pot with her pocket aces.

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