All About The Kickers: Can Dwan Call with Ace High?

It was all about the kickers in this hand between Tom Dwan and Pepe in a super high stakes $100/$200/$400 + $500 BB Ante game on Hustler Casino Live.

After an $800 UTG straddle from Tom Dwan, there were four limpers. Until the action arrived at Pepe who raised to $6,400 with $194,000 in his stack while looking down at 9♥️2♦️. Tom with A♣️K♥️ and $187,300 in his stack called. All of the limpers got out of the way, leaving it heads-up between Tom and Pepe with $16,600 in the pot.

The board flopped Q♠️3♥️5♦️. A fairly dead-draw for both players who just flat-checked to the turn. When the board paired on the turn with another Queen, Pepe threw in a bet of $7,000. Tom called and they went to the river with $30,600 on the table.

The board paired for the second time after the 5♠️ landed on the river. Pepe went for a Steal bet of $12,000. Tom had to sit back and take a sip of his drink before he returned and made a sick hero call to scoop with top kicker for $54,600.

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