12-16-2008 17:27 UTC-4

Robert vs. Roberts

[user66118]

Brent Roberts opened the pot with a raise to 50,000 from the cutoff seat. In the small blind, Robert McLaughlin made the call and it was heads up to the flop.

It showed up {4-Clubs}

{4-Clubs}

{7-Spades}

{3-Diamonds}

, and both men checked.

Fourth street came the {Q-Hearts}

{Q-Hearts}

. McLaughlin checked, and Roberts bet 75,000, which McLaughlin called.

The last card off was the {4-Spades}

{4-Spades}

. McLaughlin again passed, allowing Roberts to bet another 170,000 chips. After a moment, he called. Roberts turned over {Q-Diamonds}

{Q-Diamonds}

{J-Diamonds}

, and it was good as McLaughlin slipped his cards into the muck.

After that exchange, Roberts is up over the million mark, while McLaughlin has slipped back to 635,000.

Tags: Brent Roberts Robert McLaughlin