02-25-2009 17:20 UTC-5

Hale Picks Up Another

donpeters

All smiles for Hale as he keeps building his stack

Dennis Meierotto limped in from the cutoff, Jesse Hale completed out of the small blind, and John McDonald checked in the big blind. The flop came down {10-Clubs}

{10-Clubs}

{5-Diamonds}

{2-Hearts}

and all three players checked.

The turn brought the {7-Clubs}

{7-Clubs}

and a bet of 12,000 from Hale. McDonald called. Meierotto folded.

The river brought the {10-Spades}

{10-Spades}

, pairing the board with tens. Hale announced a bet of 23,000 and fired. McDonald slid his cards into the muck giving Hale the pot.

Tags: Dennis Meierotto Jesse Hale John McDonald