Doubling Van Fleet

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We join a heads-up pot between Jon Van Fleet and the man seated to his left. With the flop showing {9-Clubs}

, and nearly 4,000 chips already in the pot, "apestyles" put out a bet of 3,125. His opponent wasted little time calling.

The turn came the {10-Clubs}

. Van Fleet stacked his remaining chips into one modest tower and slid them forward, putting himself all in. His opponent asked for a count, and learned that it was 4,825 to call. He hemmed and hawed, counting down his own stack and shooting an occasional glance over at Van Fleet. Finally, he did indeed announce, "I call," putting apestyles' tournament life at risk.

"I got outs," said Van Fleet, before the cards were even turned over.

Showdown:
Van Fleet: {J-Clubs}

Opponent:

The at-risk Van Fleet did have outs, and managed to find the {5-Clubs}

on the turn to fill in his flush and win the pot.

Table mate Humberto Brenes took note of the hand. "You play too many hands," he prodded Van Fleet. Pointing to his head, Brenes continued, "Now my computer say, 'All riiiiight!'"

"Thanks for the lessons," muttered Van Fleet, as he raked in the pot. He is up over 16,000 just before the break.

Tags: Humberto Brenes Jon Van Fleet