Ren Lin's AA Crumbles at the Last Moment

The Triton One Cyprus festival has only just started, but a hand that will be talked about for a long time in the rest of the series has already been played. WPT global ambassador Ren Lin lost his AA to a runner-runner straight flush in the 1c group of the 3,000 dollar QQPK Genesis event.

Lin opened to 60,000 with AA. Big blind Bakbergen Absadyk defended with the A and 3 of hearts and stayed in the hand with a stack of 155,000. The flop came 5 of spades, J of diamonds and 2 of hearts. Absadyk had a gutshot straight draw and a backdoor flush draw, while Lin was ahead with his pair. Absadyk moved all in, Lin called, and the pot grew to 465,000.

The turn was the 4 of hearts and Absadyk completed his straight. Lin only had a draw that could lead to a tie. A 5 came on the river and Lin also completed a straight, but the card that completed the board was the 5 of hearts, giving Absadyk a steel wheel straight flush with the A, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of hearts.

After the hand, Lin remained in a stack of 2.6 million chips and eventually ended the day with 2,100,000 chips. Absadyk, despite winning this hand, was eliminated in the final elimination wave of his group. The opening event completed all four starting flights. A total of 912 entries were recorded and a prize pool of 2,443,248 dollars was created. 146 players remained for day two, and all of them have locked up a payout. Imad Derwiche, who reached 6,425,000 chips in the 1c group, became the overall leader of the four groups.