02-04-2009 18:25 UTC-5

Dao Chips Up at Stout's Expense

[user66118]

With the betting folded to the blinds, David Dao opened into Matt Stout with a raise to 58,000. Stout called.

The flop brought {4-Diamonds}

{4-Diamonds}

{Q-Hearts}

{7-Hearts}

, and both men checked.

Fourth street was the {J-Hearts}

{J-Hearts}

. Dao checked again, but this time Stout stacked out a bet of 80,000. Dao rechecked his hole cards before making the call.

The {A-Spades}

{A-Spades}

filled out the community cards, and Dao checked. Stout checked back and anxiously waited for Dao to open his hand. He showed {A-Hearts}

{A-Hearts}

{10-Diamonds}

, drawing a furrowed lip from Stout. "That sounds about right," he said, as he returned his cards to the muck, sending more than 100,000 over to his neighbor.