02-16-2010 08:57 UTC-12

Schwartz Grabs Early Lead

donpeters

Luke Schwartz

Luke Schwartz raised to 6,000 with the {A-Clubs}

{A-Clubs}

{2-Clubs}

and JC Tran picked up pocket jacks -- {J-Clubs}

{J-Clubs}

{J-Spades}

-- for the second hand in a row. He three-bet his jacks again, this time making it 17,000. Schwartz made the call out of position.

The flop came down {Q-Clubs}

{Q-Clubs}

{6-Hearts}

{3-Clubs}

and both players checked, keeping the pot small. The turn was the {5-Clubs}

{5-Clubs}

and Schwartz fired 26,000. Tran made the call.

The river was the {A-Spades}

{A-Spades}

and Schwartz fired an overbet of 100,000 chips. Tran insta-mucked and Schwartz scooped the pot to move to the chip lead with 340,000 chips.

Tags: JC Tran Luke Schwartz