Too Good to Fold, Not Good Enough to Win
Level 2
: 100/100, 100 ante
After a raise and a call, Kipp Smith and Eric Barkdoll went heads up to a flop of . Smith led from the big blind for 700 and Barkdoll called. The dealer added the to the turn and Smith continued for 1,100.
Barkdoll then announced a raise to 2,400, which Smith quickly called. The river paired the board again with the and Smith checked. Smith announced "3,200," and put out a T5,000 chip. Barkdoll picked his hole cards up off the table to reveal to his immediate neighbors, then announced a call.
Barkdoll tabled for a full house and took down the pot.
"You should have been here for the last one," Doc Henson told us from Barkdoll's right. "I had a set of nines against [Smith's] straight, but an ace on the river gave me a boat."
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Eric Barkdoll
|
26,900
26,900
|
26,900 |
Doc Henson
|
17,300
17,300
|
17,300 |
Kipp Smith |
8,100
8,100
|
8,100 |