Rayan Chamas Shoves the River in a 4.48 Million Pot; Carlos Correa Uses His Last Six Time Chips to Consider Bluff-Catching

Photo:  Carlos Correa used his last nine Time Chips during this hand.

Dongwoo Ko raises from the cutoff to 140,000, Carlos Correa calls from the small blind, and Rayan Chamas calls from the big blind.

The flop comes , and it checks to Ko, who bets 160,000. Correa calls, and Chamas check-raises to 720,000.

Ko uses one of his Time Chips to tank for a while before he calls, and Correa uses all of his 30 seconds before he also calls.

Photo:  Dongwoo Ko (top left, in seat 1), Carlos Correa (top right, in seat 3), and Rayan Chamas (bottom right, in seat 5) take their time on the turn.

The turn card is the , and Correa uses three Time Chips before he checks. Chamas bets 920,000, and Ko thinks for a while before he folds. Correa thinks for a while before he calls.

The river card pairs the board with the , Correa checks, and Chamas thinks for a while before he moves all in for 2,840,000. Correa goes into the tank for a very long time.

Correa uses all six of his Time Chips to tank for more than three minutes before he folds and forfeits the pot. Somebody asks Chamas to “show the bluff,” and Chamas turns over for a pair of sixes with a missed gutshot straight draw. Chamas takes the pot worth 4.48 million.

Rayan Chamas  –  7,320,000  (122 bb)
Dongwoo Ko  –  9,300,000  (155 bb)
Carlos Correa  –  1,710,000  (29 bb)

After the hand, Correa says that Chamas’s pair of sixes was good enough to win at showdown.

“I was bluff-catching with an ace,” says Correa.

Correa goes on to claim that he had ace-ten of hearts — the nut flush draw with a gutshot straight draw on the turn. He thought Chamas might be bluffing, and was tempted to call with ace high.

Photo:  Even with just a pair of sixes, Rayan Chamas may have had the best hand after all.