Lonis Wins a Big One

Four players move all in before the flop with a massive pot at stake. Jesse Lonis tables A♣Q♦. Guy Laliberte reveals 9♣2♣. Luis Rizental shows K♥T♥. Jennifer Tilly turns over A♠8♦. The pot is already towering as the dealer fans the flop. It comes Q♥7♠4♦, giving Lonis top pair top kicker and pushing him firmly into the lead. The board texture offers no flush draws and only back door straight possibilities for the others.

Action is frozen with all players already committed as the turn card falls J♣. It brings a gutshot possibility for Rizental but no made hand improves. Lonis remains ahead with his pair of queens. Tilly holds ace high with a weaker kicker while Laliberte’s suited connectors have fully missed.

The river brings the final card 3♥. No player improves and Lonis’s A♣Q♦ stands strong. His pair of queens with top kicker secures the entire multiway pot. Chips are pushed his way as he surges into the lead. Tilly, failing to connect with the board, remarks that this will be her last rebuy before the next hand is dealt.