Hands #38-41: Joshua Kay Hits 20 Million

Jan 25, 2022

Josh Kay

Hand #38: Omar Lakhdari opens to 375,000 in the hijack and everybody folds, earning him the blinds and ante.

Hand #39: Anton Wigg opens to 350,000 in the cutoff and everybody folds, earning him the blinds and ante.

Hand #40: Wigg opens to 350,000 in the hijack and folds to a three-bet of 1.15 million from Joshua Kay (pictured) from the small blind.

Hand #41: Nicholas Verderamo opens to 325,000 in the cutoff and Kay three-bets to 875,000 on the button. Verderamo calls.

The flop comes Club AClub KSpade 8 and Verderamo checks. Kay continuation-bets 550,000 and Verderamo quickly calls.

The turn is the Spade 3 and Verderamo check-calls another 1.7 million from Kay without much deliberation.

The river falls Diamond 2 and Verderamo checks again. Kay announces a bet of 4.4 million and Verderamo quickly shoots his cards to the muck.

Joshua Kay – 20,350,000 (135 bb)
Nicholas Verderamo – 7,775,000 (51 bb)
Anton Wigg – 7,025,000 (46 bb)
Omar Lakhdari – 3,400,000 (22 bb)

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