Nicholas Palma's turn all-in with ace-king high lost a 2.27 million chip pot to Vitalijs Zavorotnijs at the Poker Masters Event #8: $15,700 NLH, according to PokerNews. Zavorotnijs called with J♠ 10♥ for top pair and two pair on the river.
Palma raised to 140,000 with A♥ K♥ from the small blind. Zavorotnijs defended from the big blind. The flop came J♥ 8♣ 7♥, and Palma bet 135,000. Zavorotnijs called. The turn was 5♠, and Palma moved all-in for 840,000. Zavorotnijs called after using several time banks. The 10♦ river gave Zavorotnijs two pair. Palma was left with 425,000, and Zavorotnijs took the chip lead.
PokerNews, working with GTO Wizard and Lukas Robinson, says the solver approves Palma's preflop raise and sizing. For the flop, the solver recommends checking 80.9% of the small blind's range on this board, including A♥ K♥. On the turn, the solver does not include A♥ K♥ among the hands it wants to shove. It prefers checking or