08-27-2009 17:21 UTC+8

A Scalp for Scott

[user75032]

Andrew Scott was all smiles after sending Zhi Hong Ma to the rail. The two were heads-up by the turn, {8-Clubs}

{8-Clubs}

{K-Spades}

{9-Diamonds}

{7-Hearts}

, with 10,000 chips in the middle already. Scott had placed his whole stack of 25,000 chips in the middle. It was effectively a bet of 15,000, the total number of chips Ma had left.

Ma tanked, and tanked, and tanked some more. There was a three-way all in at a neighboring table that drew lots of attention, but still he tanked. Finally he slammed his whole stack down into the middle.

"I have two pair," Scott calmly said. He showed down {9-Spades}

{9-Spades}

{7-Clubs}

. Ma dejectedly showed {K-Hearts}

{K-Hearts}

{Q-Diamonds}

. The river safely blanked {4-Hearts}

{4-Hearts}

to give Scott a stack of about 50,000 chips.

Tags: Andrew Scott