Somerville Gets It In Drawing Nearly Dead
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Brian Hodhod opened for 22,000 in the hijack, Jason Somerville three-bet to 70,000 from the small blind and Hodhod made the call.
The flop was 
. Somerville led out for 120,000, and Hodhod moved all-in for 312,000.
"It would suck if you have aces. I don't have many outs against that. I do have a backdoor flush draw," Somerville said. He made the call.
The situation was even worse than he expected. Hodhod tabled 
for the nut boat and Somerville showed 
.
"I have even less outs against pocket eights," Somerville said.
Less outs indeed-- Somerville's only hope were running deuces to give him quads with an ace kicker or running aces or kings to make him a bigger boat.
The 
on the turn, however, left him drawing dead. The river was the 
and Hodhod increased his stack to 770,000 while onetime chip giant Somerville saw his stack reduced to only 170,000.