The Ballad of the Busted Draw
A middle position player raised to 2,200, Eric Crain called from the cutoff, and Jacobo Fernandez called from the small blind.
The flop came
. Fernandez led with a bet of 7,400, Crain raised pot, it folded back to Fernandez who pushed all in, and Crain called.Fernandez showed
for two pair, while Crain had 
for both straight and flush draws. The turn was the 
and the river the 
, and Fernandez' hand held up.Both players are about even now, with Fernandez at 46,000 and Crain 47,000.