Roberts Straightens Out on the River

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Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

Reginald Roberts opened the action with a raise to 600 from middle position and was called by Shaun McBride out of the small blind and Cornelius Johnson from the big blind.

The flop came and McBride checked. Johnson put out a bet of 1,200 and was called by Roberts and Johnson.

The turn was the and McBride checked again. Johnson fired another bet, this time for 1,125 and Roberts put in a raise to 4,300. McBride thought for a moment and put out the call and Johnson joined in as well creating a pot of over 18,000.

The river was the putting three diamonds on the board and all three players checked. Roberts turned over for a hand that improved on every street. He flopped second pair with an open-ended straight draw and added a flush draw on the turn. The river gave him the jack high straight.