Straight on Board
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From the cutoff seat, Vivek Rajkumar opened to 26,000, and Daniel Cates tanked for a while on the button. Eventually, he grabbed all 152,000 of his chips and slid them across the line, and the table folded back to Rajkumar. He asked if it was about one-fifty before announcing the quick call, and the cards were on their backs:
Rajkumar: 
Cates: 
The 
flop was a big swing and a miss for Cates, but the 
turn did give him a few more outs to work with. The look on his face said he wasn't expecting to catch up, but the timely 
landed on the river to put a straight on board. Cates' plays, though, and his one-better straight has earned him a crucial double up. He's back up to 335,000 now, while Rajkumar falls back under a million to about 880,000.