Mike Holtz Battles with Issac Kempton

Dec 12, 2023

On a heads-up completed board of Diamond JSpade KHeart 9Heart KClub Q, Mike Holtz checks to Isaac Kempton who bets 30,000 into the pot of 40,000. 

“I’d like to wager all of my chips,” Holtz says as he sets out a stack of 100,000, covering Kempton who goes into the tank. 

“What the f*k is going on?!” Kempton exclaims playfully, “No other player in the world would play my hand like I did.” 

“How can I not have it?” Holtz laughs as Kempton thinks about this tough decision.

 “Arghhhh,” he sighs dramatically and lets his cards go, to which Holtz shows him Club KDiamond Q for the top full house. 

Left with only around 20,200, Kempton bets all but one chip the very next hand and Holtz just calls. The two then checked it through the board of Spade QSpade JClub AClub 6Spade K and Holtz tables Spade 10Club 10 for a straight and Kempton mucks. 

The following hand, Kempton gets his last 100 in the middle with Spade ASpade 3 but falls to his opponent’s Heart KClub Q and is sent to the rail for this flight, vowing to return tomorrow. 

Mike Holtz – 255,000
Isaac Kempton – Eliminated from Day 1A

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