Toby Joyce and Gerald Karlic

Hand# 101: Toby Joyce limped in the small blind and Gerald Karlic in the big blind defended with a raise to 325,000. Joyce replied with a three-bet to 1,100,000. Karlic took his time, making sure he made a legal raise. Karlic, then, four-bet to 1,800,000.

It was Joyce's turn to take some time consider his options then made a five-bet all-in for 4,400,000. Karlic snap-called putting Joyce at risk.

Toby Joyce: A A

Gerald Karlic: Q Q

Joyce's aces held through the runout of J 5 2 8 9 scoring himself a massive boost to his stack and pushing him up the chip ladder.