- Big Stax XXV 300 Main Event 8:45 PM
- Level 23 (12000/24000/4000)
- Players Left: 45
- Average Stack: 1,176,000
John Lytle had been working with around 2M for the better portion of today’s session after grabbing the lead early in the day. However, Bryant got a big chunk of his stack and established himself in the event in the process midway through Level 23.
Bryant opened from under the gun and was called by Lytle on his immediate left. The rest of the players folded and they would see a J♣8♠9♦ flop heads-up.
Bryant immediately moved all-in for 695k on the wet board and after some thought, Lytle made the call while saying “Let’s gamble.”
Bryant Q♠Q♣ vs Lytle K♥10♦ Pot: ~1.55M
Turn: 3♠
River: 8♦
Bryant blocked a couple of Lytle’s outs but was still sweating nine potential winners with his overpair. In the end, Bryant faded all of them and moved up to ~1.5M while Lytle is chipped down to ~1.4M.
