Back To Back Pots Send Joris Michl To A Mil

Aug 16, 2024

Joris Michl

Joris Michl has become the first player to reach the seven digit marker after winning two consecutive hands. The first pot Michl raises 20,000, small blind Anson Ng calls. Both check to the turn Club JDiamond 6Club KDiamond 4, Michl bets 20,000, Ng check-calls. Back to checking on the river Heart 5. Ng flips over Club AClub Q, Michl wins the pot with Diamond 9Heart 9 pair.

Next hand is a much larger pot for Michl. From utg+1, Michl opens 20,000, big blind Dohang Na defends, flop comes Spade KDiamond 2Club 9. Na checks to Michl who lays out a min-bet of 10,000, Na calls, turn comes Club A. Michl bets 15,000, Na check-raises 50,000, Michl answers with a three-bet of 125,000, Na shoves, Michl snap-calls. 

Dohang Na Diamond KDiamond 9
Joris Michl Diamond AHeart A

The river Heart 3 is no help to Na to nosedive out of the game as Michl zooms over a million. 

Joris Michl – 1,018,000 (101 bb)
Anson Ng – 356,000 (35 bb)
Dohang Na – Eliminated

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