Eyster Fades Them All
Kevin Eyster just dodged the deck to even up his match against Jake Schwartz, fading flush and straight draws on two streets to win a huge pot.
The flop came to give Schwartz a huge drawing hand with his . Eyster held just the bottom pair and no kicker with his , but in heads-up play any pair on the flop is considered to be a strong holding.
The money went in and Schwartz could hit any five, eight, nine or diamond to take it on the turn, but the improved Eyster's hand and not his.
When the missed him entirely on the river, the pot and the game went to Eyster, who moved to 1-1 in this best of three heads-up contest.