10-03-2008 18:12 UTC+2

Alan Smurfit Doubles Up

[user24788]

I caught the action on the flop. The board read {10-Hearts}

{10-Hearts}

{9-Diamonds}

{6-Hearts}

and Alan Smurfit was all in for 28,000. Yaron Malki went into the tank for almost seven minutes before another player at the table called the clock. Malki called and showed {Q-Diamonds}

{Q-Diamonds}

{J-Hearts}

for an open-ended straight draw. Smurfit held {A-Diamonds}

{A-Diamonds}

{Q-Hearts}

for just Ace high. He was ahead though and won the pot when the turn and river did not help Malki. Smurfit doubled up and increased his stack to almost 60,000.