Alvarado's Turn to Spike a Card
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"Do you have a pair?" Alvarado asked as he opened
. His opponent did indeed have a pair, 
. Those hands both connected hard with a flop of 
. Alvarado had top two pair; his opponent made a set of sevens. Both players improved to a full house with the 
turn but Alvarado's was best. The board blanked out 
.The dealer inadvertently killed Alvarado's hand, not realizing that he had made queens full of aces. The table quickly corrected her and the pot was awarded properly. Christina Lindley claimed to have folded pocket eights, while a fourth player (the original raiser) claimed to have folded pocket tens.
Alvarado is up to about 11,000.