Friday, July 25, 2014

Event 17 (Day 1A): St. Hilaire Sticks Around

Level 8 (Blinds 300/600/75)
Total Entries: 71

James St. Hilaire (Glen Burnie, MD) has just under 20 big blinds in front of him, and moments ago open shoved from middle position.  He was called by Brian Kurrus, and watched then as the action folded around:

St. Hilaire: 5♣ 5♠       Kurrus: A♣ 10

Flop: K♠ K 9♣

Turn: 7♠

River: K♣

Although Kurrus didn't manage to flop a pair, he gained even more outs against James's pocket fives on the paired board.  The spade on the turn would help a little more, taking away any of Brian's outs that were spades.  The king on the river would seal the hand for St. Hilaire and he would double up to 21,000.