O'Dell Cracks Aces, Wins Big Pot

Kevin Taylor

Local pro Frankie O'Dell is one of the most well known faces in the Los Angeles Poker world. He has two WSOP bracelets, a WPT runner up, and a slew of local tournament wins to his name. We have been keeping an eye on him throughout the night, and as many have grown accustomed to seeing, O'Dell is stacking up chips.

We just caught O'Dell taking down a nice pot that has boosted his stack to about 40,000. We came to the table as the flop read {6-Clubs} {j-Clubs} {k-Spades} . With about 4,500 already in the pot, O'Dell and another player checked to the cutoff, who fired out 3,525. O'Dell thought for about 15 seconds before throwing out two blue T5,000 chips, for a raise to 10,000. His first opponent folded, and the cutoff thought for about 10 seconds before going all in for about 14,000 total. O'Dell snapped called, and saw that he was well out in front.

O'Dell: {j-Spades} {j-Hearts}
Cutoff: {a-Diamonds} {a-Spades}

O'Dell would need to dodge one of the two remaining aces to scoop the pot, and he did just that, as the turn and river came {k-Clubs} {2-Clubs} . O'Dell now has double his starting stack, which is not somethng his table mates are happy about.