$1,000,000 PGT Championship Final Table Highlights with Jeremy Ausmus & Nick Schulman!

 

Players & Info:

• Blinds: 40K/80K with 80K BB ante

• Pot: 5,860,000

• Final Table – 2024 PGT Championship

• Players:

  • Anderson (SB): 10♥ 9♦ – Flopped top two pair, turned a full house (Nines full of Tens)

  • Ausmus (BB): J♦ 9♠ – Flopped second pair, turned trips, rivered a higher full house (Nines full of Jacks)

Board Runout:

• Flop: 10♦ 9♥ 6♦

• Turn: 9♣

• River: J♣

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Street-by-Street Analysis:

Preflop:

• Ausmus likely raises from the BB (he has a strong hand to defend vs SB).

• Anderson 3-bets from SB with 10♥ 9♦ – this is a reasonable hand to 3-bet with, especially heads-up with deep stacks.

• Pot is built up early.

Flop: 10♦ 9♥ 6♦

• Anderson flops top two pair.

• Ausmus flops second pair (9s).

• Anderson has a monster and likely continuation bets. Ausmus could call thinking his 9s might be good or he has potential backdoor draws.

Turn: 9♣

• Anderson makes a full house – Tens full of Nines.

• Ausmus hits trips (three 9s).

• At this point, Anderson is way ahead and probably continues betting for value.

• Ausmus, hitting trips, likely calls or even raises.

River: J♣

• This changes everything.

• Ausmus improves to a better full house: Jacks full of Nines.

• Anderson’s full house is now second-best.

• Depending on the betting action here, Anderson could potentially get stacked if he doesn’t read the strength of Ausmus's hand.

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Key Takeaways:

• Cooler hand: This is a classic cooler situation at the final table—Anderson made a strong full house on the turn, but the river counterfeited him.

• Ausmus played it well: His hand wasn’t extremely strong until the river, but he ended up making the nuts in this spot.

• Anderson’s reaction in the image suggests he realizes the brutal river after thinking he was ahead.

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