Hands #70-74: Darie Cracks Gathy's Aces
Hand #70: Reginald Hampton raised to 85,000 from under the gun before Michael Gathy moved all in from the cutoff and got no action.
Hand #71: Thomas Reynolds raised to 80,000 from the cutoff and Hampton defended his big blind. The flop came and Hampton check-folded to a bet of 100,000 from Reynolds.
Hand #72: Hampton limped in from the small blind and Chris Johnson checked his option. The flop came , Hampton led out for 60,000, and Johnson open-folded . "I was hoping you'd bet so I could fold," he laughed.
Hand #73: Gathy raised to 90,000 from under the gun and everyone mucked.
Hand #74: Action folded to Vlad Darie in the small blind and he raised to 320,000. Gathy moved all in for 735,000 and Darie called for 515,000 total.
Darie tabled , at risk against Gathy's . The flop came and the rail behind Darie erupted when they saw he flopped a straight draw. The turn was the and they cheered even louder when he turned his straight. There were three hearts on board though, and he had to dodge another, but the hit the river and Darie doubled through.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Vlad Darie |
1,100,000
540,000
|
540,000 |
|
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Michael Gathy |
230,000
-295,000
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-295,000 |
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