Dusty Leary of a Bigger Ace

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Dusty Leary opened to 5,500, and the player next to him made the call. Apparently, there's some history there. "If I lose this hand against you too," the opponent said, "I'm not playing another one all night."

In any event, it was heads up to the {4-Clubs} {A-Clubs} {3-Diamonds} flop, and Leary continued out with another 8,000 chips. His opponent called, and both men checked through the {6-Spades} and {J-Diamonds} turn and river.

"Ace!" the opponent piped up as he tabled {A-Spades} {7-Spades} . It was no good; Leary turned up {A-Diamonds} {9-Clubs} and pointed to his kicker to take the pot. He's the chip leader, sitting pretty with about 235,000 now.