Zach Gruneberg Doubles Thru James Salmon

Zach Gruneberg (pictured) raises UTG+1 to 27,000, and James Salmon calls from the button. The flop comes , Gruneberg bets 36,000, and Salmon moves all in for about 940,000.

Gruneberg calls all in for 261,000 with , and he needs his hand to hold to stay alive against Salmon’s (spade flush draw).

The turn card is the , giving Salmon additional outs with an open-ended straight draw, but the river card is the . Gruneberg wins the pot with his pocket queens to double up in chips.

Zach Gruneberg  –  606,000  (51 bb)
James Salmon  –  680,000  (57 bb)