$150 No Limit Hold’em

Level 16:  Blinds 2,500/5,000/500 ante

Brett Berarducci (left) opened from the button and then Mark Cheng (right) shoved from the small blind, having Brett covered.

Brett called all-in, showing AQ offsuit.  Mark was way ahead with pocket Aces.

Then the board ran out A J 8 9 T, giving Brett the back-door Queen-high straight.  He doubled up to about 165k.  Mark’s Aces were toast and he was left short-stacked, busting out a short while later.

Mark Cheng gets the Hard Rock – Hard Beat of the Day