Brett Hart (no, not that one) doubled up recently on table 62 thanks to his pocket Kings. He had to defeat Francois Meloche’s A-K to do so.
The hand began with a 4X opening raise to 1,600 by Francois, followed by a 3-bet from Brett to 4,200. This action chased everyone else from the hand, but when it came back around to Francois he shoved.
Brett immediately called, flipping over his
, and he was covered by Francois’ larger stack. Francois showed an
. As long as there was no diamond-heavy board, he was looking good.
The board was dealt
and Brett doubled up, saluting the camera with his usual, an orange juice in a wine glass.