Stewart Wins Pivotal Pot from Binger
Preflop, Stewart tried to open with a raise to 15,000, but Binger corrected him, saying the raise had to be a minimum of 16,000. The dealer supported Binger and Stewart was forced to toss in another 1,000 chip to make it 16,000 total. Binger made the call from the small blind and Mike McClain came along for the ride in the big.
The flop came and Binger opened with a 28,000 bet. McClain folded and when the action landed on Stewart, he raised, making it a total of 75,000 to go; Binger made the call.
The rolled off on the turn and Binger check-called a 75,000 bet from Stewart which took us to the river: .
Binger checked once more and Stewart fired a massive 150,000 bet. Binger folded, telling the table that he had an open-ended straight flush draw; Stewart did not reveal his hand.
Afterwards, Binger dropped to about 479,000 in chips while Stewart improved to over 845,000.