Marchese Ropes O'Dwyer

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A player in early position raised to 1,500, and Tom Marchese reraised to 4,600. That brought the action to Steve O'Dwyer, and he was having trouble with the math. "Okay, so what's the maximum I could raise it should I be interested in doing that?" he asked carefully. When he learned the number, he settled on a reraise to 14,600 straight. That folded the monkey in the middle, but Marchese announced an all-in reraise right back over the top. O'Dwyer shrugged, and he said, "Did I run into aces again? I think I did..." as he pushed his remaining chips into the pot. Both men had about 80,000 chips to start the hand, so there was a chip-leading put up for grabs.

Showdown
Marchese: {K-Spades} {K-Hearts}
O'Dwyer: {A-Hearts} {K-Clubs}

It wasn't quite as bad as aces for O'Dwyer, but he was still drawing dangerously slim for his survival.

The flop was a little sweat for Marchese, but the board of {J-Hearts} {10-Hearts} {6-Spades} {9-Diamonds} {2-Diamonds} held his overpair to earn him that big pile of chips in the middle of the table. When the stacks were counted down, O'Dwyer was covered, and he wished his table luck as he headed out the door shaking his head.