Van Niekerk Makes a Big Call

The action started on Scott Weissman who raised to 7,500 and Jaco van Niekerk three-bet from the cutoff to 19,800. The action folded back to Weissman, and he made the call.

The flop brought out A68 and both players opted to check.

On the turn the 6 hit and Weissman lead out for 35,000, which put Van Niekerk deep into the tank. After several minutes had gone by Van Niekerk called, and the river was the 3.

Both players checked, and Van Niekerk showed JJ. Weissman showed his QJ and his hand ended up in the muck.

“Wow!” players at the tables said, as they complimented Van Niekerk on his call on the turn.

“I just didn’t think he had it,” Van Niekerk said, as he started stacking his new chips.

Van Niekerk – 157,000
Weissman – 135,000