Lee Markholt Eliminated as Alex Bolotin Wins a Pot Worth 148K

Photo:  WPT Champions Club Member Lee Markholt

Lee Markholt was knocked all the way down to a single black (100) chip on the previous hand, which means he is forced all in for just half the ante. That means the main pot is worth 900, and if Markholt wins, he could nonuple* his chip stack.

The player in the hijack raises to 3,000, Alex Bolotin reraises from the big blind to 10,000, and the hijack calls. There is now 900 in the main pot and 21,500 in the side pot.

The flop comes , Bolotin bets 10,000, and the hijack calls.

The turn card is the , Bolotin bets 25,000, the hijack tanks for a while before he raises to 53,000, and Bolotin tanks for a while before he calls.

The river card is the , and both players check. Bolotin shows to win the side pot worth 147,500 with a king-high straight, and the hijack mucks.

Markholt, who has yet to look at his cards, turns over his first card, which is the . He’s already drawing dead, and he shows his second card is the . Bolotin wins the entire pot and eliminates Markholt from the tournament.

Alex Bolotin  –  188,000  (157 bb)
Lee Markholt  –  Eliminated

* “Nonuple” is the term used when something increases in size by a factor of nine, similar to double, triple, quadruple, etc.

Photo:  Alex Bolotin