Monty Ford More Than Doubles

Three people are involved in a single-raised pot on a board reading . Two checks come from the small blind and under the gun before Monty Ford bets 18,000 UTG+2. The small blind check-raises all in for 50,000 and under the gun re-jams for Ford’s 122,000 effective stack.

Ford thinks for a bit and announces a call, saying he hopes he’s not up against bigger spades as he shows .

Both other players have top pair, the small blind with and under the gun with . 

Ford finds no more spades on running , but he improves to a pair of kings on the river to make the best hand and scoop both pots.

Monty Ford – 339,000