Jack Hardcastle Shoves the River Against Noman Mirza

Photo:  Jack Hardcastle

After a flop of , Jack Hardcastle checks from the big blind, Noman Mirza bets 70,000, and Hardcastle calls.

The turn card is the , Hardcastle checks, Mirza bets 200,000, and Hardcastle check-raises to 545,000. Mirza thinks for a while before he calls.

The river card is the , and Hardcastle moves all in for about 1,050,000. Mirza has about 1,600,000 left in his stack, and he goes into the tank.

After a while, Mirza says, “Has to be queen-jack or jack-eight. Nobody bluffs here.”

Mirza spends nearly 90 seconds in the tank (using two Time Chips) before he folds, showing for two pair, tens and nines. Hardcastle takes the pot.

Mirza asks Hardcastle to show his cards if he’s bluffing, but Hardcastle smiles and says something like, “Nobody bluffs here.”

Jack Hardcastle  –  2,450,000  (61 bb)
Noman Mirza  –  1,600,000  (40 bb)