Sunday, February 12, 2017 10:22 PM Local Time
Josh Reichard Shoves the River
Josh Reichard limps on the button and Ala Aqel raises to 50,000 from the small blind. Action is folded back to Reichard and he calls.
The flop comes and Aqel bets 70,000. Reichard calls and the turn is the . Aqel bets 120,000 and Reichard raises to 340,000. Aqel calls and the river brings the . Aqel checks and Reichard moves all-in.
Aqel instantly sits up in his chair and removes his sunglasses. He asks the dealer to count Reichard's stack. The dealer breaks the stack down and says "433,000". A minute goes by.
"433?" says Agel.
"433," replies the dealer.
Another minute goes by as Aqel talks to himself about Reichard's potential holdings. He tells the table that they can call the clock on him if they want, but no one does. Another minute goes by.
"Clock," says Aqel.
The dealer informs Aqel that he cannot call the clock on himself.
Across the table Stephen Buell calls the clock. The tournament director arrives and starts the clock. Aqel folds his hand a few seconds later and asks Reichard to show. Reichard pushes his cards face down to the dealer and starts stacking his chips.
Josh Reichard - 1,320,000 (82 bb)
Ala Aqel - 1,100,000 (68 bb)