Merrilees Squeezes Value with Aces

Alek Gillies

Niveau 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Daniel Merrilees raised to 7,000 from the cutoff and Yuri Dzivielevski defended his big blind.

The flop came Q♠Q♦4♥ and Dzivielevski checked from the big blind. Merrilees fired for 6,000 and was called.

While the 2♥ peeled off on the turn, Dzivielevski again checked to Merrilees. He continued for 10,000 and received a call from Dzivielevski.

Action checked around as the 2♠ peeled off on the river. Merrilees revealed A♦A♠6♦4♠ to best Dzivielevski's 10♠10♦XxXx.