On a board of and a pot that looked to be about 35,000, Brian Hou put out a bet of 32,000 from his big stack. This put a lot of pressure on the UTG player who had about 82,000 in chips at the time of his decision.

When his opponent folded, Hou pretended to be wiping sweat from his forehead. His opponent said it was the worst possible card he could have seen; Hou agreed that “It was a really good card for me.”

Hou continues to build and is now nearing 350,000 (117 bb) as we are half way through Level 14 of the 15 we will play tonight.

Hou is a past MSPT Main Event champion, having won this April at Golden Gates Casino in Black Hawk, Colorado.