Johnson Take Hit to Stack

Level 2
Blinds - 100/200
Entrants- 53

We this hand developing on the river with a pot around 9,000. The board was [Tc] [8h] [5d] [9s] [9h]. Mark Morris bet 6,500 and Aaron Johnson thought for a good bit before mucking his hand.

Morris showed [Qs] [5c] and said, "A pair of fives? The nuts?" He chipped up to around the starting stack while Johnson is sitting on just under 20,000.

-- Paul Oresteen