Badlucktou Wins $716,076.94 in Venom PKO Tournament on Americas Cardroom

Badlucktou won $716,076.94 in the Venom PKO tournament on Americas Cardroom. The Russian player defeated Jeff Reardon in the final hand of the Venom PKO tournament. Badlucktou won a prize of $411,667.99 and $304,408.95 in bounties. Jeff Reardon won $411,687 and $100,417 in bounties.

The final hand saw Reardon fighting aggressively to claw back a chip deficit that was getting beyond repair. With only 27.78BB to Badlucktou’s 84.86BB it was time to pull the trigger. Reardon raises to 2.1BB and Badlucktou calls. The flop comes 7h 3d Jd and Badlucktou checks. Reardon fires a 1.85BB c-bet. Badlucktou calls. The turn is the Kc and Reardon fires a second barrel of 6.15BB. Badlucktou calls again. The river is the 9s and Reardon jams a pot size bet all-in and Badlucktou calls him down flipping over 9d7d for two pair and a missed flush draw. Reardon shows 6c4h for a whiffed gutshot and concedes the tournament.

Phil Nagy, CEO of Americas Cardroom, staked 12 players in the $2,650 buy-in event and raised $7,555.38 for breast cancer awareness.