Darcourt's Ace-King of Spades Crushes Cates
From middle position, Team PokerStars Pro Victor Ramdin raised to 3,500. Daniel Cates reraised from the cutoff seat to 10,000 and then action folded to Guillaume Darcourt in the big blind. He four-bet to 41,500 and Ramdin folded. Cates quickly moved all in for 89,500 and Darcourt called after a minute of thought.
The hands weren't turned over right away as the dealer held the action to wait for the camera crew to arrive. After a minute or so passed, the dealer was instructed to proceed with the hand as the camera crews were currently occupied at other tables. Darcourt then tabled the 
and Cates the 
.
Good thing the cameras didn't come rushing over for this big near-200,000-chip pot because the two players involved tabled the same hand and it would be rather uneventful to watch most of the time. That is... most of the time.
Sam El Sayed stated that the flop was going to surely be red as he folded two spades himself. That got Cates a little excited right before the dealer dealt the 
to give both players a chance to back into a flush.
The turn brought the 
and now it was just Darcourt's pot to win if the river could smack another spade on the felt. If what El Sayed said was true, the deck was without two spades already and that meant Darcourt could only hit one of the remaining seven spades.
The river was the darkest female in the deck with the 
and Darcourt won the hand in exciting fashion after the two players looked like they'd be chopping this one up when the hands were revealed. Darcourt made sure to go over and shake Cates' hand after the fact as he did deliver a crushing blow to the young player en route to 450,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
450,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
Busted |