A Story for Fyke's People Back Home

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From under the gun, Mimi Tran opened with a raise to 900. Action passed all the way around to Christian Fyke in the small blind, and he made the call for a small discount.

The two players saw a flop of {3-Spades}

. Fyke bet out into Tran, pushing forward 1,125 chips. Mimi came back with a raise to 5,150, and Fyke reraised another 5,000 on top, enough to put his opponent all in. Mimi Tran did indeed make the call, showing down {A-Spades}

. Fyke had the lead and Mimi's tournament life in his hands with his {K-Hearts}

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As the table awaited the dealer to run out the last two cards, Fyke looked at Mimi and smiled, saying, "No matter what happens, I have a story for the people back home now."

And it's not going to be a bad beat story. The turn and river provided nothing useful for Mimi. The {5-Hearts}