Racener Speeds Ahead
John Racener raised to 5,600 from middle position, and Ludovic Lacay and Brian Rast both called to see a three-handed flop.
It came down , and the table checked to Rast. He fired out 13,500 only to see Racener check-raise to 60,000 straight. That folded Lacay, but Rast called to see a turn card.
It was the , and Racener led out with a covering all-in shove. Rast called all in for 68,000, and he was at risk of elimination as the cards were turned up:
Racener:
Rast:
It was two pair for Rast that had him in the lead, but Racener had a myriad of river outs for the knockout. The that filled out the board was one of those out, and his aces up deal a crushing blow to Rast, running him out of the room.
Racener is all the way up to 360,000 after that big pot.