Sumpter Doubles, Wilmot Avoids Disaster
George Sumpter flagged us over to his table moments ago saying, "You might want to get this one."
With a limp in front, Sumpter shoved for 1,300 from middle position and an opponent on the button re-shoved for over 3,000. The small blind folded, and Matthew Wilmot, who was sitting in the big blind, stood up and tanked for a few minutes. Finally, Wilmot mucked his cards and and the early-position limper did as well.
Sumpter tabled and was racing against his opponent's .
"I folded ," Wilmot informed the table.
The flop changed nothing, but the on the turn gave Sumpter the lead. The river brought the and Sumpter doubled to over 3,000 in chips.
As Sumpter stacked his new chips, Wilmot happily returned to his seat. He dodged a bullet that would have certainly crippled his chip stack.