Torelli Avoids the Combo Draw

Adam Lamers

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Alec Torelli raised to 3,500 in middle position and picked up three callers along the way. The flop came 8?5?2? and the action checked to Ian Hamilton on the button who bet 6,500. The big blind called and Torelli check-raised to 21,500. Hamilton called and the big blind got out of the way.

The turn brought the 9? and Torelli shipped all in for 76,000. Hamilton gave it some thought with his stack of 54,000 and opted to make the call. Torelli flipped over K?K? for the best hand but Hamilton had plenty of outs with 8?7?.

The river was the K? and Torelli improved to a set of kings to end Hamilton's tournament run.