Sykes Spikes

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Level 24 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Matthew Waxman raised to 36,000 first into the pot, and Mark Sykes three-bet all in for 233,000 from the small blind. Oops. In the big blind, Dave Cubeta's response was an all-in four-bet of his own. Waxman tanked for a long while before folding, and Sykes had a big problem when showdown came:

Sykes: {4-Hearts} {4-Spades}
Cubeta: {Q-Diamonds} {Q-Spades}

The {6-Spades} {5-Clubs} {8-Spades} flop wasn't exactly what Sykes was hoping for, but it did give him another four outs to the straight. The turn {J-Hearts} was a swing and a miss, but the river came through in the clutch. The {7-Spades} peeled off the deck to fill in that awkward straight, good enough to double Sykes up around 520,000. Cubeta, on the other hand, has been stricken down to barely more than 100,000.