Marty Smyth has the button in Seat 8. After two folds, he raises to 200,000. Only [Removed:14] calls.
The flop is . Harroch quickly moves all in and, like a lightning bolt, Smyth's chips are in the middle to match him.
Harroch:
Smyth:
Harroch is in a world of hurt. He has top pair and a gutshot straight draw against Smyth's set of fours. The turn card is the , giving Harroch two pair, aces and fives. That gives him a full house draw to go along with his gutshot straight draw.
The board does pair on the river, but the gives Smyth quads and doesn't improve Harroch. We hope he enjoyed his dinner, because he didn't get much time on the TV table once play resumed. The $214,884 in prize money he will collect will probably ease the pain. Somewhat.