JC Alvarado opened for a standard raise from the cutoff seat, and Paul Volpe three-bet jammed for 222,000 on his direct left. The action folded back to Alvarado, who instantly called, and it was your classic race situation.

Alvarado:
Volpe:

The nines held as the board ran out , and Volpe doubled. Alvarado slipped down to around 905,000 chips.