Tom Dwan wasn’t the only one who Paul Phua won a gigantic pot off of in the Triton $1 million cash game - Sam Greenwood was the “victim” of a $1.2 million cooler against the Asian businessman.
The trouble started for Greenwood when he decided to raise up 54 suited under the gun and got four callers - not what you’re hoping for. Dominik Nitsche, Nikita Bodyakovskiy, Patrik Antonius and Paul Phua all chose to match the 2.3 BB open to see the flop.
The flop came 76K, no doubt great for Greenwood who got an open-ended straight draw with a low flush draw to go with it. He c-bet small, less than third pot, Phua re-raised his higher flush draw in response. Everyone got out of the way except Greenwood - including Antonius with his off-suit open-ender - so the players saw the turn heads-up, for a pot that grew to nearly $250K.
The fourth street, however, was catastrophic for the Canadian cardplayer: the J gave both him and his opponent a flush. Phua peaked at his cards, as though he was checking for a spade draw, and bet $125K more.
Greenwood called him, as well as an additional riverbet on the 4 river - then he had to be faced with a Queen-high flush. A $1.2 million pot went Phua’s way.