It was Ring #3 for Nicholas Lee tonight in the $1k Turbo. It was a roller coaster ride heads up as he and runner-up Mark Aylward-Nally swapped the lead several times. Lee finally emerged victorious with less than 40 big blinds in play when his red jacks held against the flopped second pair for Aylward-Nally with queen-nine on a flop of A♦9♠7♣.
It all went in on the flop when Aylward-Nally check-shoved his second pair and Lee worked out that his jacks were still best and called. The runout was bricks and Lee had his third ring in hand.
This was Lee’s 6th live win and second since November when he bagged the Harvest Poker Classic $1k event. Lee seems to like the January series here at Deerfoot Inn & Casino — in Jan 2023 he won Event #4 for his first ring, then took down the Flip & Go in Jan 2024 for ring #2. Now, Jan 2025 has brought ring #3 in the $1k Turbo, so I’d be willing to lay some heavy odds that he’ll be back for Jan 2026.
